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Circular Weight

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 37.1698E. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 37.1698E
Find spot: Saqqara, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Antique Period
Date: 5th–7th century C.E.
Date range: 600 CE – 699 CE
Materials: ['Bronze']
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Circular Weight (37.1698E). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/17340

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Catalogue description: Culture Coptic Caption: Coptic. Circular Weight, 5th–7th century C.E.. Bronze, 1/4 x Diam. 1 1/4 in., 0.1 lb. (0.7 x 3.1 cm, 51.62 g). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1698E. (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 small circular bronze object with an incised design of a seated/standing figure holding symbols, surrounded by vertical border lines and short hieroglyphic-like marks.

The image shows a dark bronze (or bronze-toned) circular weight with a raised rim and a worn central field. In the center there appears to be a human-like figure (likely a divine or symbolic icon) rendered in incised lines. Above and/or around the figure are narrow vertical strokes and branching/foliate shapes that resemble stylized hieroglyphic motifs (exact reading not fully legible). The perimeter includes multiple incised vertical elements, giving the impression of a small register or border typical of inscribed/marked weights. No clearly readable cartouche or royal titulary is visible. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The surface shows abrasion and patination consistent with an ancient metal object, though exact manufacture/weight markings cannot be confirmed from the single photograph.

decorative Late Antique Period (as catalogued); exact attribution from image alone unclear good

Deities unknown

Materials bronze

Signs Hieroglyphic-like vertical strokes/border marks (unreadable) ×15

Visible text "Incised hieroglyphic-like marks around a central figure; no legible excerpt discernible."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Incised hieroglyphic-like marks around a central figure; no legible excerpt discernible.

Connections

Found at Saqqara

Materials Bronze

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 37.1698E tier-2
BKM-Object 118222 tier-2

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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.