Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Male Head

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Description

Caption: Male Head, Schist, 4 7/8 x 4 1/2 x 5 1/16 in. (12.4 x 11.4 x 12.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 70.89.1. (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.

The image shows a carved male head sculpture with defined facial features and a partially preserved hairstyle, presented against a light background.

A small stone sculpture depicts a male head in three-quarter/straight view, with incised eyebrows, eyes, a short nose, and a full moustache and beard or chin beard. The forehead and cheeks are smoothed, while the hairstyle appears as short, slightly wavy or layered locks across the top and sides; the ears are simplified and partly damaged. No clear royal insignia, cartouches, or surrounding iconographic elements are visible. The object appears head-shaped and intact with minor surface wear. A small white label beneath the object contains the number '70.89.1' in black text. No hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic inscriptions are legible on the stone itself in this view.

royal Hellenistic Period (per catalogue); specific dating cannot be confirmed from the image alone. good
Materials stone (appears greenish-gray; consistent with schist but material cannot be conclusively verified from image alone)

Connections

Found at Antinoöpolis

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 70.89.1 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 96477 tier-2
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