Small Loop Earring with Lion's Head
Description
Caption: Small Loop Earring with Lion's Head, late 4th–3rd century B.C.E.. Gold, Diameter: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.775E. (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 small gold loop earring shown in profile, with one end shaped like a lion’s head.
The image depicts a crescent-shaped metal loop earring. One end terminates in a sculpted lion’s head: the muzzle and mouth form a raised relief, with a small protrusion suggesting the nose/upper lip area. The surrounding mane appears as closely spaced, ribbed or segmented ridges wrapping around the sides and crown of the head. The opposite end is plain and curves smoothly, consistent with an earring hoop or loop. No inscriptions, cartouches, or other text are visible. No additional figures or deities are shown beyond the lion-head motif.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.775E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117366 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.