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

Bracelet

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Description

Caption: Bracelet, 3rd–1st century B.C.E.. Gold, Diam. 2 9/16 in. (6.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.843E. (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 coiled gold bracelet or armlet.

The artifact is a simple, yet elegant, coiled gold bracelet or armlet. It is composed of tightly wound gold wire, creating a spiral effect. The ends of the bracelet are decorated with small spherical terminals. The craftsmanship suggests a focus on both form and function.

decorative unknown excellent
Materials gold

Connections

Found at Saqqara
Materials Gold

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.843E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117434 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.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.