Ear Stud
Description
Object Label: The shafts of these brightly colored studs were inserted through a hole in the earlobe to display the studs' circular heads. Caption: Ear Stud, ca. 1336 B.C.E.–1327 B.C.E., 1327 B.C.E.–1323 B.C.E., or 1323B.C.E.–1295 B.C.E.. Glass, 1 x Diam. 7/8 in. (2.6 x 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.28.6. (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 small, colorful, glass object with a rounded top and striped pattern.
The object depicted is a small, colorful piece likely made of glass, featuring a rounded top and a vertical, elongated base. It is adorned with a consistent blue and white striped pattern, which is characteristic of certain decorative styles from ancient Egypt. The glasswork appears intricate, with careful attention to symmetry and color contrast.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 58.28.6 tier-2
- BKM-Object 74420 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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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.