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

Plaque of the Goddess Hathor in Relief

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Description

Caption: Plaque of the Goddess Hathor in Relief, ca. 664–525 B.C.E. or later. Gold, 1 × 5/8 × 1/16 in. (2.5 × 1.6 × 0.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.810E. (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.

A small gold-toned plaque in relief depicting a standing female deity figure, with a drilled suspension hole at the top.

The object is a vertically oriented, gold-colored/metallic plaque with a round hole near the upper center for attachment or suspension. In relief, a human-like female figure stands facing forward with arms lowered; a long garment or divine clothing extends to the feet. The face and hairstyle/headdress are partially worn but suggest a bearded/striated headdress element and a stylized torso. The background is plain and the figure is the main modeled element. No clearly legible hieroglyphic inscriptions (or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text) are visible in the provided image. No cartouche or royal name is discernible. Overall condition appears worn but intact enough to see the central relief figure.

religious Late Period (per catalogue; exact dating unclear from image alone) good
Deities Hathor (attribution consistent but not fully verifiable from image alone)
Materials gold (gold-toned metal)

Connections

Found at Saqqara
Deities HathorAnubis
Materials Gold

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.810E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117396 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.