Amulet of a Striding Lion-Headed Goddess
Description
Caption: Amulet of a Striding Lion-Headed Goddess, ca. 1075–30 B.C.E.. Faience, overall: 2 3/4 x 3/4 x 7/8 in. (7 x 1.9 x 2.2 cm) mount (display dims when mounted; Divine Felines-2015): 3 7/8 x 1/2 x 1 in. (9.8 x 1.3 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.931E. (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.
The image shows a small standing animal-headed female figure shaped like a goddess (lion-headed) holding a placard-like object on one arm.
A single, front-facing figurine is shown in a neutral gray studio setting, standing upright on a rectangular base. The figure appears to be a lion-headed goddess: the head has a lion’s mane framing the face and a muzzle. The goddess wears a long, fitted, strap-like garment or robe that covers the body down to the feet. One arm (right side from the viewer) is bent across the torso holding what looks like a flat tablet/board; the other arm hangs downward with the hand near the side. The overall object is small and molded in a light tan/cream surface. There are no clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or other inscriptions visible on the image.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.931E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117515 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.