Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
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-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.
An ancient Egyptian gold jewelry piece resembling a crescent shape.
The artifact is a small gold piece, likely from jewelry, with a crescent shape. It features simple elegance without intricate detailing, characterized by two curved elements meeting at a thicker central piece, possibly used as an attachment point.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
gold
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.823E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117409 tier-2
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