Amulet of Pataikos
Description
Caption: Amulet of Pataikos, 664–332 B.C.E.. Faience, 2 3/8 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6 × 3.1 × 2.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.997E. (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 faience amulet depicting a deity or figure with a headdress and detailed ornaments.
The artifact is a small, intricately crafted amulet likely made of faience, depicting a standing figure adorned with an elaborate headdress and detailed jewelry. The figure holds a pose suggestive of importance or reverence. The craftsmanship is detailed, indicating careful attention to proportion and decoration, typical of amulets intended to provide protection or signify status.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.997E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117574 tier-2
About this record's data
- 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.