Obelisk
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-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.
A small, vertically oriented, greenish glass obelisk-shaped object with a pointed top; the surface appears worn with remaining decorative pigment or gilding-like traces near the upper section.
The image shows a single object photographed against a plain light-gray background. The object is tall and narrow with a tapering profile and a pointed finial, consistent with an obelisk form. The surface is predominantly green (likely glass), with scuffed/worn areas that reveal lighter underlayers or weathering. Faint internal banding and residual color are visible, especially toward the top where a pale central motif and surrounding darker/blue-green traces suggest there may once have been painted or inlaid decoration. No clear carved hieroglyphs, cartouches, or deity figures are distinctly legible in the photograph. The top area shows a different coloration pattern that could indicate the original painted cap or winged/ornamental element, but it cannot be identified with confidence from this image.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 65.134.2 tier-2
- BKM-Object 87521 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.