Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry

Amulet of Kneeling Isis

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Description

Catalogue description: Culture Egyptian Caption: Egyptian. Amulet of Kneeling Isis, ca. 760–656 B.C.E. or 305–30 B.C.E.. Gold, 7/8 x 3/8 in. (2.3 x 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.814E. (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 flat, metal representation of an ancient Egyptian hieroglyph.

The artifact is a small, gold-colored metal piece shaped as an ancient Egyptian hieroglyph. The design is simple and flat, depicting a specific sign or symbol. The surface has slight lines indicating additional detailing or texture.

hieroglyphic only unknown excellent
Materials gold
Signs unknown

Connections

Found at Saqqara
Deities Isis
Materials Gold

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.814E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117400 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.