Isis-knot Amulet
Description
Caption: Isis-knot Amulet, 664–332 B.C.E.. Faience, 1 1/8 x 7/16 x 3/16 in. (2.9 x 1.1 x 0.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.65. (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 amulet depicting a stylized djed pillar.
This image shows a small, faience amulet in the shape of a djed pillar, a symbol often associated with stability and the god Osiris in ancient Egyptian culture. The amulet displays conventional design elements with a series of horizontal bars ascending to a rounded top, characteristic of such amulets. The surface exhibits minor wear, common in artifacts of this age and material.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.580.65 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9890 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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