Inlay of Taweret
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-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 red-painted figurine-like inlay fragment showing the profile of a standing female figure with arms/legs indicated, photographed against a textured background.
The image shows a small, irregular fragment of a red-colored object, with a defined side-profile figure. The figure appears to face left, with a headdress or hair mass suggested at the top and a curved shoulder/torso contour. Darker outlines and patches of other colors (possibly greenish/blue or darker pigment) appear near the lower body/feet area, suggesting painted details. The object’s edges are chipped and it is not possible to confirm finer iconographic elements (e.g., exact form of Taweret’s legs, composite body traits) from this view alone. Below the object is a white label with handwritten/printed ink characters reading “37/1516”; no other text scripts (hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic) are visible. The photographed surface suggests a decorative inlay/plaque element rather than a full sculpture, but the exact medium is not directly diagnosable from the photo. No cartouches or royal names are visible.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1151E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117725 tier-2
About this record's data
- 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.