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

Plummet Amulet

Source of record: Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Caption: Plummet Amulet, 664–525 B.C.E., or later. Hematite, 9/16 x 1/8 x 9/16 in. (1.5 x 0.3 x 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.239. (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 triangular fragment, possibly part of an inlay.

The object is a small, dark triangular piece that appears to be made of stone or a similar hard material. It features a smooth surface with some visible linear markings, possibly carved or naturally occurring. The piece could represent a decorative element or fragment of a larger artifact.

decorative unknown fragmentary
Materials unknown

Connections

Found at Egypt

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 08.480.239 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 119437 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.
  • 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.