Djed-Pillar
Description
Caption: Djed-Pillar, ca. 664–305 B.C.E.. Faience, 4 1/8 x 1 7/16 in. (10.5 x 3.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.94. (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.
The image depicts a Djed pillar amulet, a symbol of stability.
This artifact is a Djed pillar amulet, characterized by a column with four horizontal crossbars. The Djed is often associated with the god Osiris and symbolizes stability and endurance. The amulet appears to be crafted from faience, a material commonly used in ancient Egypt for small objects and jewelry. The style is typical of Egyptian amulets meant to ensure protection and strength.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 08.480.94 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3239 tier-2
About this record's data
- 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.