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

Composite Deity Amulet

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Description

Caption: Composite Deity Amulet, 664–31 B.C.E.. Faience, 1 1/8 x 3/8 x 13/16 in. (2.9 x 1 x 2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.103. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Small green faience amulet depicting a composite deity figure in a standing striding pose, with one arm raised toward the head and a circular perforation near the top.

The image shows a miniature, human/animal-composite deity amulet modeled in a greenish glaze. The figure appears to be seated low or crouched/standing on a compact base, with a forward-leaning posture. One arm is lifted near the upper torso/head area, and the head has an animal-like form (details are not fully clear at this resolution). Near the top of the figure, there is a circular hole/perforation consistent with suspension/attachment. No legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or other text are visible in the photograph, and no clear inscriptions are present on the surface.

religious Late Period to Ptolemaic Period (as per catalogue; exact dating unclear from image alone) good
Deities composite deity (exact deity unclear)
Materials green glazed faience (glaze surface visible)

Connections

Deities Composite deity

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 08.480.103 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 19169 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.