Jewelry Spacer
Description
Object Label: One side of this spacer depicts a child nursed by a goddess flanked by other deities, one dominating a bound prisoner. The other side shows an enthroned falcon-headed god flanked by still more deities, again with a bound captive. This decoration, done in openwork characteristic of late Dynasty XX through Dynasty XXV, may symbolize the birth, childhood, and triumphal enthronement of the god Horus and therefore possibly also the king in his role as Horus. Caption: Jewelry Spacer, ca. 1185–653 B.C.E.. Faience, 1 1/16 x 1/4 x 1 15/16 in. (2.7 x 0.7 x 5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 49.30. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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.
Rectangular metal/faience frame with dense low-relief figures in an openwork design, resembling a jewelry spacer or strap-fitting element.
The object is a rectangular plaque or frame with an inner field of openwork cutouts and raised figures arranged across it. The composition shows multiple standing human/attendant figures flanking and interacting with a central seated or kneeling figure; one figure appears to hold an implement (possibly a staff or tool) while another faces inward. The figures wear patterned garments and headgear/hairstyles; the central figure has a distinct seated posture with a layered garment depiction. No clear cartouche, formal royal titulary, or legible hieroglyphs are visible; instead, the ornamentation is primarily figural relief. The surface appears dark grey/blue-black consistent with faience or a similar vitreous material, matching the catalogued material.
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Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 49.30 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3531 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.