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

Fragmentary Necklace

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Description

Caption: Fragmentary Necklace, 305 B.C.E.–395 C.E.. Copper-gold alloy, glass, metal. Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1468E. (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.

The image depicts a pair of ancient earrings with spherical ornaments.

The artifact shown is a pair of earrings composed of several spheres, likely made of metal, artistically arranged and joined by fine links. The design is symmetrical and suggests it might serve as decorative adornment. The surface appears polished, reflecting light distinctly.

decorative unknown excellent
Materials metal

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Metal

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1468E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 118012 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.