Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · other
Altar
Description
Caption: Altar, 305 B.C.E.–395 C.E.. Bronze, 5 11/16 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (14.5 x 8 x 8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1613E. (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 crown-shaped metal object mounted on a stand.
The artifact appears to be a metal representation of a crown, featuring pointed tips and spherical elements. It is mounted on a cylindrical stand with a wide, square base. The style suggests a decorative purpose, with simplistic yet elegant lines, but lacks elaborate detailing commonly found in ancient Egyptian regalia.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
metal
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1613E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118138 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.
- 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.