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

Amulet of the God Bes

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Description

Caption: Amulet of the God Bes, 305–30 B.C.E.. Faience, 9/16 × 3/16 × 3/16 in. (1.5 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egyptian Antiquities Organization, 80.7.20.

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, green-colored amulet with a string attached.

The image depicts a small amulet that appears to be made of a green material, possibly faience, commonly used in ancient Egyptian jewelry. It is suspended by a string and has an accompanying label. The amulet's details are difficult to discern due to its size.

decorative unknown good
Materials faience

Connections

Deities Bes
Materials Faience

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 80.7.20 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 106446 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.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.