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

Obelisk

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Description

Caption: Obelisk, ca. 1075–332 B.C.E.. Glass, 2 5/16 × 11/16 × 11/16 in. (5.9 × 1.8 × 1.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 65.134.2.

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.

Small, weathered obelisk with no visible inscriptions.

The artifact is a small, tapered obelisk displaying signs of aging and wear. The surface is predominantly a muted green color, possibly due to patination over time. There is a central panel that appears somewhat smoothed or eroded, and while it may once have held inscriptions, none are clearly visible due to the object's condition. The piece has a simplistic style, devoid of any detailed carvings or decorations that are discernible.

unclear unknown poor
Materials unknown

Connections

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 65.134.2 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 87521 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.