Amulet of Baubo
Description
Caption: Amulet of Baubo, 3rd century B.C.E.–2nd century C.E.. Glass, 13/16 x 7/16 x 11/16 in. (2 x 1.1 x 1.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.980E. (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 small statuette of a seated figure on a pedestal.
The artifact is a small, possibly bronze, statuette depicting a figure in a seated position. The figure features simplified, rounded shapes with minimal detail, suggesting a stylized or abstract design. The statuette sits on a flat pedestal, which could indicate a display or ritualistic purpose. The overall appearance is weathered, hinting at antiquity, but the lack of distinctive features makes the specific attributes hard to identify.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.980E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117557 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.