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-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 blue faience cylinder/inscribed amulet-like object bearing a vertical row of black hieroglyphs over a rounded cap-like end.
The image shows a single, upright, cylindrical blue object with a glossy surface consistent with faience. Centered on the face is a vertical column of dark ink/paint hieroglyphs, including what appears to be a prominent upright symbol at the top and additional stacked signs beneath; a small pedestal-like or base form is visible near the lower portion. No cartouche is clearly identifiable at this resolution, and individual sign forms are only partially legible. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The background is plain and the object occupies most of the frame. The hieroglyphs are clearly present, but the exact readable sequence cannot be determined confidently from the provided image.
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.
- 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.