Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Amulet of a Cat with Kitten
Description
Caption: Amulet of a Cat with Kitten, ca. 1075–30 B.C.E.. Faience, 1 x 11/16 in. (2.5 x 1.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.102. (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 faience amulet depicting a seated figure.
The image shows a small, blue-green faience amulet in the shape of a seated animal, likely a representation of a deity or animal associated with protection. The figure is finely detailed, with a loop at the back for wearing as a pendant.
decorative
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
faience
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 08.480.102 tier-2
- BKM-Object 19168 tier-2
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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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