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

Inlay of Taweret

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Description

Caption: Inlay of Taweret, 525–30 B.C.E.. Glass, 1 9/16 x 9/16 x 1/8 in. (3.9 x 1.5 x 0.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1151E. (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 red-colored small statuette of an ancient Egyptian deity.

This artifact is a small, red-colored statuette representing an ancient Egyptian deity. The figure appears to have an anthropomorphic shape with elements suggesting a divine or magical association, possibly with a stylized head and body structure. The material seems to be a ceramic or faience, given the glazed appearance.

religious unknown fragmentary
Deities possible deity
Materials ceramicfaience

Connections

Found at Saqqara
Deities Taweret
Materials FaienceCeramic

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1151E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117725 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.