Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Small Hairpin
Description
Caption: Small Hairpin, 30 B.C.E.–395 C.E.. Ivory, 1/8 x 3 7/16 in. (0.3 x 8.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.472E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museu)
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 slender object possibly inscribed with ancient markings.
The artifact appears to be a narrow, elongated object, possibly made of wood or bone. Its surface features linear inscriptions that might be hieroglyphic or symbolic. The style suggests a simple tool or decorative item, with signs closely grouped along its length.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
wood
Signs
unknown ×5
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.472E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117121 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.