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

Four-Headed Ram Amulet

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Description

Caption: Four-Headed Ram Amulet, 664–332 B.C.E.. Lapis lazuli, 9/16 x 3/8 x 5/8 in. (1.4 x 0.9 x 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1325E. (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, blue amulet depicting an unidentified figure or animal.

The artifact appears to be a small amulet carved from blue material, possibly faience or lapis lazuli. Its details are not clear, making it difficult to ascertain whether it represents a specific figure, deity, or animal. The style seems abstract or simplified due to the small size and possible wear.

decorative unknown good
Materials faience

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Faience

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1325E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117885 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.