Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Model of a Hieroglyph Inscribed for Ramesses II
Description
Caption: Model of a Hieroglyph Inscribed for Ramesses II, ca. 1279–1213 B.C.E.. Faience, 3 1/2 × 3/4 × 7/8 in. (8.9 × 1.9 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 52.54. (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 cylindrical blue faience object with an inscription in a cartouche.
The artifact is a blue faience object of cylindrical shape, featuring an inscription within a cartouche. The surface is smooth and glossy, typical of faience. The cartouche contains hieroglyphs, indicating royal significance. The overall style suggests it could have been used as an amulet or decorative item.
royal
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
faience
Signs
Ankh
Reed
Vulture
Visible text
"Transliterated text from the cartouche"
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 52.54 tier-2
- BKM-Object 65939 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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