Inlay in the Form of a Boat on Water
Description
Caption: Inlay in the Form of a Boat on Water, 525–30 B.C.E.. Glass, 11/16 x 3/16 x 1 3/8 in. (1.7 x 0.4 x 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1132E. (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.
An ancient Egyptian amulet in the shape of an offering table.
This amulet is designed in the shape of an offering table with notable yellow legs and a platform. The table is outlined in dark color, which contrasts with the light tone of the table surface, signifying a typical stylistic approach to coloring in Egyptian artifacts. The composition suggests it was used for ritualistic purposes, possibly in funerary contexts.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1132E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117708 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.