Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Amulet of Pataikos
Description
Caption: Amulet of Pataikos, 664–332 B.C.E.. Faience, 1 7/16 × 5/8 × 1/2 in. (3.6 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.989E.
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 turquoise figurine resembling an ancient Egyptian deity.
The artifact is a small, turquoise-colored figurine that depicts a figure with a squat, human-like appearance. The style and composition suggest it may represent a minor deity or protective figure common in ancient Egyptian iconography. The form is simplistic with attention to headgear and posture typical of protective deities or amulets.
religious
unknown
good
Deities
Bes
Materials
faience
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.989E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117566 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.