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

Heart Amulet with Eyelet

Source of record: Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Caption: Heart Amulet with Eyelet, 305 B.C.E.–395 C.E.. Quartz, bronze, 1 15/16 x 1 5/16 x 7/8 in. (4.9 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1162E. (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 small scarab amulet crafted from stone.

The image shows a scarab amulet, which is small and carved from stone. The object appears to be intricately carved with a design on its surface, depicting the beetle's form, which is a common motif in Egyptian art associated with protection and rebirth.

decorative unknown good
Materials stone

Connections

Found at Saqqara
Materials Stone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1162E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117735 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.