Fragment of a Statue of King Horemheb
Description
Caption: Fragment of a Statue of King Horemheb, ca. 1319–1292 B.C.E.. Granite, 11 5/16 x 5 1/2 in. (28.8 x 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.209. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A vertical fragment of an ancient Egyptian stone statue with a smoothly finished, slightly rounded exterior and chipped edge(s). No clear facial or inscription details are visible.
The image shows a tall, narrow fragment of carved stone, photographed against a plain light background. The surface is uniformly dark gray to black with a polished/smoothed finish typical of statuary, and there is visible wear and pitting. A concave or less-finished edge appears along one side, suggesting the fragment broke from a larger figure or monument. The lower portion is rounded, while the top is also broken/rounded rather than showing a complete head or crown. No hieroglyphs, cartouches, legible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text, or distinctive regalia are clearly visible on the provided fragment. Because no inscriptions or diagnostic iconography are present in the image, specific identification of Horemheb (or a cartouche) cannot be confirmed visually.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.580.209 tier-2
- BKM-Object 10019 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.