Necklace
Description
Caption: Necklace, 664–343 B.C.E.. Faience, 9 1/16 x 1/16 x 11 1/4 in. (23 x 0.2 x 28.5 cm) mounted: 9/16 × 10 7/16 × 14 5/8 in. (1.4 × 26.5 × 37.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.232. (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 decorative collar featuring a netted design with identifiable beads.
The artifact is a netted collar, typical of ancient Egyptian jewelry, consisting of blue and red beads intricately woven together. The craftsmanship suggests a focus on aesthetic appeal, likely used for decorative or ceremonial purposes. The arrangement suggests it was intended to lie flat around the neck, showcasing the skill involved in its construction. The collar is mounted on a fabric background for display.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 08.480.232 tier-2
- BKM-Object 146301 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.
- 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.