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-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.
A gold earring formed with a small animal-head element (cat/lynx-like) connected to a hoop with bead-like terminals.
The image shows an ancient Egyptian-style gold earring lying against a plain background. At one end is a sculpted animal head with pointed ears and a rounded muzzle, which the catalogue describes as the head of a lynx. From the head hangs a chain and a central dark circular element (possibly a gemstone or glass bead), while the opposite side is a curved hoop made of closely set, ring-and-bead segments. Additional small bead/pendant elements appear around the central drop. No legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or other inscriptions are visible, and no Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is present. The visible components are metallic (gold) and at least one darker inset round element consistent with a garnet-colored stone, though the exact material cannot be confirmed from the photo alone.
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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
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