Poppy Seed Head Pendant Mold
Description
Caption: Poppy Seed Head Pendant Mold, ca. 1390–1322 B.C.E.. Clay, 1 x 13/16 x 3/8 in (2.5 x 2.0 x 1.0 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, 16.580.616.144. (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 scarab seal with inscriptions.
The artifact appears to be a small scarab seal made of a reddish-brown material. The top surface of the seal is inscribed with a carved design, possibly a hieroglyph or symbol, although the details are worn. The scarab shape and style are typical of the seals used in ancient Egypt for administrative purposes.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.580.616.144 tier-2
- BKM-Object 226811 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.