Bes as Amulet
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Egyptian Caption: Egyptian. Bes as Amulet, ca. 1075–656 B.C.E.. Faience, 1 × 9/16 × 5/16 in. (2.5 × 1.5 × 0.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.98.
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 green faience amulet depicting a seated figure, possibly representing a deity.
The artifact is a small, green amulet made of faience, depicting a seated figure adorned with a crown. The style is characteristic of intricate Egyptian craftsmanship, with detailed features that suggest religious significance. The figure is positioned with hands resting on the knees, and the crown is a notable feature that might signify divine or royal status.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 08.480.98 tier-2
- BKM-Object 19164 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.