Ded-Amulet
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-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A turquoise-blue glazed faience amulet shaped like a vertical pillar with stepped ring-like bands near the top and bottom.
The image shows a small, standalone object photographed against a neutral gray background. The piece has a cylindrical/columnar body with several horizontal, protruding ring/band elements stacked near the upper portion, resembling a stylized “ded” pillar form. The top has a broad, slightly flared element that reads visually as a cap/finial. The surface is covered with a glossy turquoise glaze with darker speckling/pitting consistent with wear and fired glaze variations. No clear carved relief figures, metal fittings, or suspension loop are visible in this view. The object does not show legible hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text; any marks are indistinct and could be glaze damage rather than inscriptions. No royal name cartouches can be confidently identified from the photograph.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1278E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117843 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.