Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Anubis Amulet
Description
Caption: Anubis Amulet, 664–30 B.C.E.. Gold, 1 1/8 x 7/16 x 1/16 in. (2.8 x 1.1 x 0.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.219. (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 gold amulet depicting an animal-headed deity.
This artifact is a small gold amulet featuring a deity with an animal head, likely representing an Egyptian god. The figure is depicted in a stylized manner common to Egyptian art, with attention to detail in the depiction of the headdress and body posture. The amulet is finely crafted and has a smooth surface, indicating skilled workmanship.
religious
unknown
excellent
Deities
Anubis
Materials
gold
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 08.480.219 tier-2
- BKM-Object 19271 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.