Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Sun Disk and Crescent Amulet
Description
Caption: Sun Disk and Crescent Amulet, 664–30 B.C.E.. Gold, 9/16 x 3/8 x 1/16 in. (1.4 x 1 x 0.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.220. (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 round gold pendant.
The image depicts a small round pendant made of gold, likely used as a personal ornament. The pendant has a simple design with a smooth texture, and a loop for hanging on a chain or cord. Its composition and style suggest it was a decorative item. There are no visible engravings or inscriptions on the surface.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
gold
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 08.480.220 tier-2
- BKM-Object 19272 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.