Figure of a Mourning Woman, Possibly Nephthys
Description
Caption: Figure of a Mourning Woman, Possibly Nephthys, 525–30 B.C.E.. Glass, 1 7/16 x 9/16 x 1/8 in. (3.7 x 1.4 x 0.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1153E. (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 small blue faience amulet of an ancient Egyptian deity figure.
The image depicts a blue faience amulet representing a standing deity figure, likely a protective symbol. The figure has a recognizable human form with stylized features typical of Egyptian art. The amulet's simplistic form and material suggest it may have been used as a personal item possibly worn or carried by an individual for protection.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1153E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117726 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.