Disk or Wheel
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Possibly Egypto-Roman Caption: Possibly Egypto-Roman. Disk or Wheel, 2nd–4th century C.E.. Bronze, 1/2 × Diam. 5 3/8 in. (1.3 × 13.7 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, 16.235. (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 decorative circular metal artifact with a central hub and radiating spokes.
The artifact is a circular, wheel-like metal object featuring an intricate design. It has a central hub, from which curved spokes radiate to the outer rim. The rim and spokes are adorned with geometric patterns, possibly signifying a decorative or ceremonial function. The craftsmanship suggests advanced metalwork skills.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.235 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9501 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.