Inscribed Handle
Description
Caption: Inscribed Handle, 664–525 B.C.E.. Faience, 3 7/16 x Diam. 1 in. (8.8 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1697E. (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.
An ancient Egyptian artifact featuring a detailed, textured surface.
The artifact is a cylindrical object adorned with a repeated scale-like pattern, suggesting craftsmanship and artistic style typical of ancient Egyptian decorative arts. Its cylindrical shape and textured surface indicate it might have been used as a part of larger object or structure. The artifact appears to be made of stone, as indicated by the visible texture and wear.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1697E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118221 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.