Figure of a Serpent God
Description
Caption: Figure of a Serpent God, 664–343 B.C.E.. Faience, 1 9/16 x 11/16 in. (4 x 1.7 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, 16.427. (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, elongated faience amulet depicting a reclining figure.
The artifact is a faience amulet in the shape of a reclining figure, possibly a deity or symbolic representation. It has a hole for wearing, suggesting it was used as a personal adornment. The figure is simplified, with minimal detail, reflecting a style common in personal amulets for protection or blessing.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.427 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9678 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.