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

Bes Amulet

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Description

Caption: Bes Amulet, 334–332 B.C.E.. Faience, 13/16 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (2 × 1.3 × 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1098E.

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 carved object with visible hieroglyphs.

This image depicts a small, intricately carved Egyptian object, likely an amulet or bead. The surface features hieroglyphs painted in red, suggesting its potential use in ritual contexts or as decoration. The object appears to be made of a stone material, possibly faience or limestone.

hieroglyphic only unknown good
Materials stone
Signs unknown ×5

Connections

Found at Egypt
Deities Bes
Materials FaienceStone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1098E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117674 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.