Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Amulet Representing a Cat
Description
Caption: Amulet Representing a Cat, 664–343 B.C.E.. Faience, 1/2 x 3/8 x 3/16 in. (1.2 x 1 x 0.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1202E. (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, dark-colored artifact with a hole, possibly an amulet or bead.
The artifact appears to be a small, compact object with a blue-green patina, suggesting possible bronze or faience composition. It features a hole, likely for stringing or attachment, indicating it may have served as an amulet or bead in daily life or as a decorative item. The surface shows signs of wear, typical of ancient artifacts.
decorative
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
bronze
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1202E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117774 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.