Djed-pillar Amulet
Description
Caption: Djed-pillar Amulet, 664–332 B.C.E.. Faience, 1 7/16 x 7/16 x 1/4 in. (3.6 x 1.2 x 0.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1276E. (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 djed pillar amulet, symbolizing stability, crafted from green faience.
The artifact is a small djed pillar amulet made from green faience, characteristic of Egyptian use for jewelry or burial goods. It features horizontal lines creating a series of raised segments resembling stacked columns, commonly associated with Osiris, the god of the afterlife. The simplicity of the form suggests functional use in funerary practices.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1276E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117841 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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