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

Magic Gem

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Description

Caption: Magic Gem, 100–300 C.E.. Red jasper, 7/8 × 11/16 × 1/16 in. (2.2 × 1.7 × 0.2 cm) mount (2025 mount): 4 1/2 × 1 × 1/4 in. (11.4 × 2.5 × 0.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1755E. (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 carved red gemstone depicting a standing figure with inscriptions.

The artifact is a circular carved red gemstone featuring a central figure likely representing a deity or a prominent individual. The figure stands in a frontal pose, holding an object, and is surrounded by engraved text. The style is consistent with engraved jewelry or amulets from antiquity, showcasing fine detail and craftsmanship.

religious Ptolemaic good
Materials red gemstone

Connections

Found at Saqqara
Materials StoneRed Gemstone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1755E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 118275 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.