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

Small Headdress

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Description

Caption: Small Headdress, 664–334 B.C.E.. Wood, gold leaf, linen, 5 3/16 × 3 × 3/16 in. (13.2 × 7.6 × 0.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1711E. (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 faience artifact shaped like an Egyptian ankh.

The image depicts a faience artifact in the shape of an Egyptian ankh, a symbol often associated with life. The artifact has a detailed and symmetrical design with a loop at the top and a T-shaped body. The surface features grooves and a central floral motif, characteristic of decorative elements in ancient Egyptian artifacts.

decorative unknown good
Materials faience

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Faience

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1711E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 118235 tier-2
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