Part of a Very Large Earring with Bull's Head
Description
Caption: Part of a Very Large Earring with Bull's Head, 3rd–2nd century B.C.E.. Gold, Length: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.781E. (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 ornamental fragment shaped like a bull’s head attached to a curled, ribbed form, likely part of a larger earring element.
The image shows a small, curved gold object photographed against a light, textured background. One end terminates in a stylized bull’s head with prominent rounded ears and a triangular muzzle. The head includes small engraved/raised details and a circular inlay/setting at the eye area (dark dot) and a ring-like element near the cheek. The opposite end continues as a tightly coiled, ribbed/corded segment with small hook-like projections, suggesting attachment to additional earring components. No hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible on the fragment, and no cartouches are present.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.781E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117372 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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