Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Wadj-Scepter
Description
Caption: Wadj-Scepter, ca. 664–305 B.C.E.. Faience, 4 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (12 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.886E. (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.
An ancient Egyptian object with a pointed tip and decorative carvings.
The artifact is an elongated object with a pointed tip, featuring carved patterns along its surface. The base is slightly flared, suggesting it may have been designed to stand vertically or fit into a socket. The carvings are geometric and intricate, indicative of skilled craftsmanship.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
bronze
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.886E tier-2
- BKM-Object 4105 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.