Lion-headed Goddess with Sun Disk
Description
Caption: Lion-headed Goddess with Sun Disk, 332–30 B.C.E.. Gold, 15/16 x 13/16 x 1/4 in. (2.4 x 2.1 x 0.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.322. (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, detailed amulet featuring the image of a deity or pharaoh.
The artifact is a small amulet that appears to be crafted from gold, depicting a detailed figure that could represent a deity or pharaoh. The style is characteristic of intricate metalwork, with fine detail evident in the facial features and headdress. The object likely served a decorative or religious purpose.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.322 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9579 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.