Jasmine Blossoms
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-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 faience necklace featuring alternating blue and green-shaped beads.
The artifact is a necklace composed of faience beads, each shaped like a stylized papyrus or lotus bud. The beads are arranged in an alternating color pattern of blue and green, reminiscent of symbolic motifs common in Egyptian art. The craftsmanship reflects attention to aesthetic detail and uniformity in shape.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 72.56 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3812 tier-2
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