Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Upper Part of a Hairpin
Description
Caption: Upper Part of a Hairpin, 396–642 C.E.. Bone, Diam. 3/4 x 1 11/16 in. (1.9 x 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1417E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small, ancient Egyptian artifact resembling a rod or tool.
The image depicts a small, tubular artifact lying on a textured surface with a label numbered '37.1417E'. The object seems to have a bulbous end and tapers to a thinner end, possibly suggesting it is a tool or a part of a larger instrument. The color suggests it may be made of wood or a similar material. The overall condition appears intact.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
wood
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1417E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117963 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.