Amulet in the Form of a Plaque
Description
Caption: Amulet in the Form of a Plaque, ca. 664–525 B.C.E.. Faience, 7/8 × 11/16 × 1/4 in. (2.2 × 1.7 × 0.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1205E.
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 square faience amulet or pendant depicting three figures.
The artifact is a small, square amulet or pendant made of faience, featuring three figures in relief. The central figure is larger and possibly male, flanked by two smaller figures. The style is simplistic with minimal details, typical of faience artifacts which were often used for protective or religious purposes. The piece shows some signs of wear but retains its overall shape and imagery.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1205E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117776 tier-2
About this record's data
- 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.