Pataikos Amulet
Description
Caption: Pataikos Amulet, ca. 1075–656 B.C.E.. Faience, 3 × 1 3/8 × 15/16 in. (7.6 × 3.5 × 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.137. (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 stone sculpture of a dwarf with exaggerated features, possibly representing the god Bes.
The artifact is a stone sculpture depicting a dwarf figure with prominent facial features and a robust body. The figure stands on a small base and has a rounded head and protruding belly. Its artistry suggests a focus on protection and fertility, which aligns with depictions of the god Bes in Egyptian art. The style is simplistic yet distinctive, with careful attention to proportion and detail.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 08.480.137 tier-2
- BKM-Object 19199 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.