Ded-Amulet
Description
Caption: Ded-Amulet, 664–525 B.C.E. or later. Faience, 3 15/16 x 1 7/16 x 11/16 in. (10 x 3.6 x 1.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1305E. (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 Djed pillar amulet representing stability found in ancient Egyptian artifacts.
The artifact depicted is a Djed pillar, which is a symbol of stability and endurance often associated with the god Osiris. This representation features a tall column with a broad base and a series of crossbars at the top, resembling a spinal column of Osiris. The surface of the artifact appears to be crafted from a material resembling limestone or faience, common in funerary and religious contexts.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1305E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117867 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.