Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry

Plaque with Isis, Child Horus and Nephthys

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Description

Caption: Plaque with Isis, Child Horus and Nephthys, ca. 664–525 B.C.E.. Faience, 13/16 x 11/16 x 1/4 in. (2.1 x 1.8 x 0.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.135.

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 carved relief depicting three standing figures holding hands.

The artifact is a carved relief made from a light-colored stone, showcasing three human figures in a frontal pose. Each figure is detailed with defined limbs and headdresses, suggesting that they could represent deities or significant individuals. The composition suggests a symbolic or ceremonial scene, common in Egyptian artistic depictions.

religious unclear good
Materials stone

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Stone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 08.480.135 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 19197 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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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.