Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Amulet of the Child Horus
Description
Caption: Amulet of the Child Horus, 664–332 B.C.E.. Faience, 1 5/8 × 1/2 × 9/16 in. (4.1 × 1.3 × 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1094E.
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 faience figurine depicting an ancient Egyptian deity.
The artifact is a faience statuette of an ancient Egyptian deity, distinguished by its finely molded features and typical blue-green glaze. The figure stands upright with an arm raised to its mouth, a common posture seen in depictions of certain deities. The craftsmanship and glaze suggest it may have served a devotional or amuletic purpose.
religious
New Kingdom
good
Deities
Harpocrates
Materials
faience
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1094E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117671 tier-2
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