Amulet in the Form of a Crescent
Description
Caption: Amulet in the Form of a Crescent, 2nd–1st century B.C.E.. Gold, 9/16 x 3/16 x 11/16 in. (1.5 x 0.5 x 1.7 cm, 1.35 g). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.823E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Small gold-colored crescent-shaped amulet fragment with a rounded suspension/bail at the top, photographed against a grey grid background.
The image shows a small, crescent-like metal object viewed from the front. At the top there appears to be a short, squared/rounded element forming a suspension or mount (bail) above the crescent. The crescent interior is open and outlined by the same gold-colored material, suggesting a thin sheet metal amulet. No clear Egyptian iconography or hieroglyphic text is visible on the object itself in the provided image. A separate white label in the photograph contains the handwritten/printed inventory number “37.823E”, but this is not ancient script. Overall the artifact appears intact and metallic, with a matte-to-gloss sheen consistent with gold plating or gold sheet (per the catalogue).
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.823E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117409 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.