Column Amulet
Description
Caption: Column Amulet, 664–343 B.C.E.. Faience, 2 5/16 x 5/8 in. (5.8 x 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1309E. (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 small turquoise-blue faience figurine/amulet shaped like a column or tower with a thicker, segmented top resembling a cap or lotus-like element.
The image shows a single, vertically oriented amulet made of light blue/green glazed material with darker speckling consistent with faience. The object narrows toward the top and includes a prominent rounded shoulder and a stacked band detail at the uppermost part. The lower body is cylindrical and slightly wider than the middle, ending in a rounded point. No clear carved hieroglyphs, deities, or cartouches are visible on the surface at this resolution; any markings appear to be glaze texture or pitting rather than deliberate inscription. No additional Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1309E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117871 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.