Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Amulet Representing an Ape
Description
Caption: Amulet Representing an Ape, ca. 664–525 B.C.E., or later. Faience, 1 9/16 x 3/8 x 9/16 in. (4 x 0.9 x 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1173E. (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 ancient Egyptian figurine depicting a standing jackal-headed figure.
The artifact is a faience amulet depicting a standing figure with a jackal head, likely representing the god Anubis. It is crafted in a simple and stylized manner characteristic of small votive objects. The figure stands upright with detailed attention to the head and posture, common in protective amulets.
religious
New Kingdom
good
Deities
Anubis
Materials
faience
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1173E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117745 tier-2
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