Ornate Earring with Lion's Head
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Greek Caption: Greek. Ornate Earring with Lion's Head, late 4th–3rd century B.C.E.. Gold, 3/8 × 7/8 in. (1 × 2.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.786E. (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.
Small gold ornament shaped like a lion’s head, with a rounded loop behind it suggesting it functioned as an earring or attachment.
The image shows a small, gold-colored object photographed against a light gray background. The top portion is formed as a stylized lion’s head with a maned profile and molded facial features. Beneath/behind the head there is a circular/looped element that would plausibly serve as the earring attachment (though the complete earring assembly is not visible in the photo). No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, or other inscriptions are visible on the object’s surface at this resolution. No additional materials (e.g., inlay stones) are discernible; the object appears uniformly gold. The condition appears good, with no obvious major breaks in the visible portion.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.786E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117377 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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