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Jasmine Blossoms

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 72.56. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 72.56
Find spot: Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18 to Dynasty 19
Date: ca. 1319–1190 B.C.E.
Date range: 1319 BCE – 1190 BCE
Materials: ['Faience']
Height: 53.0 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Jasmine Blossoms (72.56). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/19146

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Description

Object Label: Necklaces Most ancient Egyptians owned at least one necklace. The simplest examples were made of tiny beads of shell, bone, faience, metal, or glazed steatite. More complex versions had beads in the form of amulets, including uraeus-cobras, wedjat-eyes (the eye of the falcon-god Horus, symbolizing wholeness), scarabs (charms in the form of beetles), or images of gods such as Hathor. Individual beads as well as complete necklaces had significance. Beads reproducing fruits or flowers, such as the examples in this case, were believed to enhance fertility. Military officers presented fly necklaces to valiant soldiers to acknowledge their tenacity in battle. Caption: Jasmine Blossoms, ca. 1319–1190 B.C.E.. Faience, Length: 20 7/8 in. (53 cm) 3/4 x Diam. 1 1/8 in. (1.9 x 2.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Helena Simkhovitch in memory of her father, Vladimir G. Simkhovitch, 72.56. (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.

The image shows a circular garland or wreath made of small green-and-black faience-like elements linked together, displayed against a light background.

A necklace/garland of repeating leaf-like or petal-like segments forms a complete loop. Each segment appears triangular or lanceolate with a glazed green surface and darker/black edges or insets, suggesting faience pieces shaped like stylized blossoms or leaves. No human figures, deities, cartouches, or hieroglyphic inscriptions are visible; the object is photographed in a way that emphasizes the linked decorative elements. No separate metal mountings or cords are clearly distinguishable in the image; the construction appears to be integrated from the individual glazed pieces.

decorative New Kingdom (catalogue ground truth; image cannot independently confirm period) good

Materials Faience (glazed, green/black)

Connections

Deities Horus Hathor

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 72.56 tier-2
BKM-Object 3812 tier-2

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