Figure of Anubis
Description
Caption: Figure of Anubis, ca. 1075 B.C.E., or later. Faience, 1 1/2 x 7/16 x 11/16 in. (3.8 x 1.1 x 1.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.136. (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 figurine depicting a standing Jackal-headed deity.
The image shows a greenish-blue faience amulet representing a jackal-headed figure, likely Anubis. The figure is in a standing posture and appears to have a smooth surface with a hole for suspension, suggesting it may have been worn as jewelry. The simplicity and style indicate it might be a personal or protective amulet.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 08.480.136 tier-2
- BKM-Object 19198 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.