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

Balance or Weight

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Description

Caption: Balance or Weight, 3rd–4th century C.E. (probably). Bronze, 2 5/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 in., 0.1 lb. (6.7 × 3.7 × 2.5 cm, 46.35 g). 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, 16.325.

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.

Statue or amulet depicting a figure wearing a headdress.

The image shows a small, likely bronze figure or amulet of a human figure wearing a prominent headdress. The style suggests it could be a representation of a deity or a notable historical figure. Details such as the headdress and facial features are key highlights.

unclear unknown good
Materials bronze

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Bronze

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.325 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9581 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.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.