Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue
Earring with the Head of a Lynx
Description
Caption: Earring with the Head of a Lynx, 2nd century B.C.E.. Gold, garnet, Diam. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.783E. (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 gold ring featuring intricate designs and a lion's head.
The artifact is a gold ring featuring detailed craftsmanship with the head of a lion as a prominent feature. The ring appears to be wrapped in a fine gold wire, with a small black bead or stone integrated into its design. A tag with text is attached, suggesting it may be an inventory or catalog number.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
gold
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.783E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117374 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.