Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Small Fish
Description
Caption: Small Fish, 664–332 B.C.E.. Faience, 1 3/4 x 1 x 3 1/16 in. (4.4 x 2.5 x 7.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1805E. (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 fish-shaped amulet made of faience.
The object is a faience amulet shaped like a fish. It exhibits a pale blue-green color typical of Egyptian faience, with a textured surface that represents scales. Some areas show wear and chipping, suggesting the artifact's antiquity. The amulet's detailing is simplistic but effective, with a focus on the fish’s body shape and scale pattern.
decorative
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
faience
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1805E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118325 tier-2
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