Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · other
Inlay in Form of Recumbent Cow
Description
Caption: Inlay in Form of Recumbent Cow, 525–30 B.C.E.. Glass, 1 5/16 x 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. (3.4 x 0.3 x 3.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1314E. (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 red amulet depicting a reclining animal with a headdress.
The artifact is a red amulet featuring a reclining animal, likely representing a deity, adorned with a tall, elaborate headdress. The style suggests it could be an amulet or talisman used for religious or protective purposes. The craftsmanship appears detailed, with visible features on both the animal and the headdress.
religious
unknown
good
Materials
faience
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1314E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117876 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.