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

Amulet Representing a Cat and Kitten

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Description

Caption: Amulet Representing a Cat and Kitten, 664–332 B.C.E.. Faience, 1 3/8 x 1/16 x 13/16 in. (3.5 x 0.1 x 2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1188E. (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 green statuette depicting a seated deity figure.

The image shows a small, intricately carved green statuette of what appears to be an ancient Egyptian deity. The figure is seated with elongated features that are consistent with Egyptian art style. The style and form suggest it may represent a goddess associated with protection or fertility. The patina indicates age, though the details remain sharp.

religious unknown good
Materials faience

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Faience

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1188E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117760 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.