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Inlay in the Form of a Nephthys Kneeling

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 37.1136E. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 37.1136E
Find spot: Saqqara, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Persian Period or Ptolemaic Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 27, or later
Date: 525–30 B.C.E.
Date range: 525 BCE – 30 BCE
Materials: ['Glass']
Height: 4.9 cm
Width: 2.1 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Description

Caption: Inlay in the Form of a Nephthys Kneeling, 525–30 B.C.E.. Glass, 1 15/16 x 13/16 x 3/16 in. (4.9 x 2.1 x 0.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1136E. (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 sculpted object shaped like a kneeling female figure, shown in a dark, matte material against a light background.

The image shows a compact, worn artifact with a rounded top suggesting a head, and a bent, kneeling posture with one arm/body gathered downward. The surface is heavily abraded, with only shallow modeling remaining; fine details such as facial features, headdress, wings, or a clear emblem cannot be distinguished due to the degree of wear and lighting. No legible hieroglyphs or other textual elements are visible. The photograph does not clearly reveal glass specifically (it appears stone-like or metal-like), but the image resolution/lighting prevents a definitive material identification. No cartouches, royal titulary, or inscriptions are visible.

religious Persian Period or Ptolemaic Period (as catalogued); exact dating unclear from image alone fragmentary

Deities Nephthys (catalogue title; not clearly confirmable from visible details)

Materials unknown (catalogue says glass, but not clearly verifiable in this image)

Connections

Found at Saqqara

Deities Nephthys

Materials Faience

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 37.1136E tier-2
BKM-Object 117711 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.
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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.