Falcon-Headed Sphinx
Description
Caption: Falcon-Headed Sphinx, ca. 525–30 B.C.E.. Glass, 1 1/8 x 3/16 x 2 1/4 in. (2.9 x 0.5 x 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1235E. (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.
The image shows multiple small, colored Egyptian faience amulets.
The artifact consists of several amulets made from faience depicting various symbols and figures, one of which appears to be a fragmentary representation of a deity or royal figure with a blue crown. The amulets are placed on a flat surface, displaying distinct, vibrant colors, typical of Egyptian faience work. Notable features include the use of blue and red hues, and the detailed craftsmanship in small-scale amulets.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1235E tier-2
- BKM-Object 4127 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.