Floral Inlay
Description
Object Label: The walls of the Great Palace at el Amarna were decorated with small inlays arranged to form complex scenes. In many of these scenes, members of the royal family present great formal bouquets to the Aten. This inlay—a yellow persea fruit and a lotus flower—was the uppermost element of one of these bouquets. Caption: Floral Inlay, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Faience, 2 1/2 × 1 15/16 in. (6.3 × 5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 49.8. (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 amulet shaped like a lotus flower and bud.
The artifact is a faience amulet depicting a stylized lotus flower with a central bud. It features vibrant green, blue, and yellow glazes, typical of ancient Egyptian decorative arts. The lotus was a symbol of rebirth and regeneration in Egyptian culture.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 49.8 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3526 tier-2
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