Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Finger Ring in Form of a Serpent
Description
Caption: Finger Ring in Form of a Serpent, 1st century C.E.. Gold, 1 3/16 in. (3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.740E. (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 single Egyptian artifact consisting of a ring with a circular central element.
The image depicts a solitary ring with a circular element in the center, possibly featuring a scarab or similar ornamentation. The background is plain, emphasizing the artifact. The style appears simple yet elegant, hinting at possible royal or ceremonial use. The ring seems well-crafted, indicating skilled metalwork.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
unknown
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.740E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117335 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.