Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue
Turtle
Description
Caption: Turtle, 664–332 B.C.E.. Gold, 1/4 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.9 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, 16.324. (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 artifact in the shape of a turtle.
This is a small ornamental artifact made of gold, depicting a turtle. It features detailed crafting with visible feet, head, and a textured shell. The style is simplistic yet elegant, suggesting decorative purposes.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
gold
Connections
Materials
Gold
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.324 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9580 tier-2
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