Inlay in the Form of a Bunch of Grapes
Description
Caption: Inlay in the Form of a Bunch of Grapes, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Faience, 2 5/8 × 1 15/16 × 1 in. (6.7 × 4.9 × 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.361. (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.
An ancient Egyptian blue faience bead shaped like a grape or a cluster of berries.
The artifact is a bead made of blue faience, crafted to resemble a grape or berry cluster. It features a textured surface to mimic the natural appearance of fruit. The bead has a small hole at the top, indicating it was likely used in jewelry as a pendant or part of a necklace. This type of faience craftsmanship was common in ancient Egypt, prized for its bright colors and glazed finish.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.361 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9615 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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