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

Ded-Amulet

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Description

Caption: Ded-Amulet, 664–30 B.C.E.. Faience, 1 13/16 x 5/8 x 7/16 in. (4.6 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1278E. (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 blue faience djed pillar amulet.

The artifact is a small djed pillar amulet made of blue faience, a material commonly used in ancient Egyptian jewelry. The djed pillar is depicted with horizontal bands representing its distinctive structure. It is often associated with stability and was typically used in funerary contexts.

funerary New Kingdom excellent
Deities Osiris
Materials faience
Signs djed

Connections

Found at Egypt
Deities Osiris
Materials Faience

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1278E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117843 tier-2
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