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

Die

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Description

Caption: Die, 664–332 B.C.E.. Marble?, 1 9/16 × 11/16 × 3 11/16 in., 0.2 lb. (3.9 × 1.8 × 9.4 cm, 96.6 g). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.458E.

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, curved artifact featuring hieroglyphic carvings.

The artifact is made from a stone material, with a distinct semicircular shape. It showcases carved hieroglyphs that seem to include plant-like and woven motifs, suggesting it may be of decorative or symbolic nature. The style indicates traditional Egyptian craftsmanship and artistic expression.

hieroglyphic only unknown good
Materials stone
Signs reed narrow cloth

Connections

Found at Saqqara
Materials Stone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.458E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117107 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.
  • 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.