Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Amulet of Baubo

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Description

Caption: Amulet of Baubo, 3rd century B.C.E.–2nd century C.E.. Glass, 7/8 x 1/2 x 1/4 in. (2.2 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.981E. (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 statue depicting a seated figure on a pedestal.

The image shows a small sculpture of a seated figure, possibly a deity, on a rectangular pedestal. The figure has a simplistic and stylized form, common in ancient Egyptian art. The pedestal appears solid and might be made of a stone-like material. There are no visible inscriptions or elaborate details on the figure.

decorative unknown good
Materials unclear

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Faience

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.981E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117558 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.