Figure of Ptah as Amulet
Description
Caption: Figure of Ptah as Amulet, 332 B.C.E.–395 C.E.. Faience, 1 9/16 x 1/2 in. (3.9 x 1.3 cm)H 3.8 cm. W 1.3 cm. D 1.5 cm. Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.152. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Small greenish ceramic/faience figurine-like amulet with a narrow vertical form, standing upright.
The image shows a small object photographed against a light background. It has a narrow, rectangular/column-like body with a stylized head or top element; the overall silhouette suggests a seated or standing figure rendered schematically rather than a detailed full sculpture. Surface detail is worn but some contour features are visible near the top (possibly a headdress or head form). The object appears to be a light green to greenish-blue faience piece, with minor chips and abrasions consistent with age or handling. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text are visible in the photograph. No explicit attributes (e.g., specific iconography of Ptah) are definitively legible due to the worn, simple form, though the catalogue identification could still be consistent with a schematic Ptah-amulet style. There is no visible base inscription.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 08.480.152 tier-2
- BKM-Object 19214 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.