Bell
Description
Caption: Bell, 30 C.E.–395 C.E.. Bronze, 4 3/4 × 3 1/16 × 2 11/16 in. (12 × 7.8 × 6.8 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, 16.580.121.
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 bronze bell with a handle, displaying decorative engravings.
The artifact is a pyramid-shaped bronze bell featuring a prominent handle on top. Its surface is adorned with intricate engravings, possibly floral motifs. The bell rests on four small feet, and the overall craftsmanship suggests a utilitarian yet decorative object. The surface shows signs of patina, indicative of age.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.580.121 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9944 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.