Poppy Seed Head Pendant Mold
Description
Caption: Poppy Seed Head Pendant Mold, ca. 1390–1322 B.C.E.. Clay, 7/8 × 7/16 × 13/16 in. (2.2 × 1.1 × 2.1 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, 16.580.616.15. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Small fragment of fired clay shaped like a circular mold stamp with recessed negative shapes in the center.
The image shows a single, compact, circular terracotta/clay object photographed on a light gray background. The surface is rough with a sandy texture and small firing/abrasion marks. In the center is a shallow, irregular recess containing a few darker cavities/voids, suggestive of the negative impression of a small object or motif rather than standalone sculpture. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, or readable text are visible. There are no discernible deities or royal names. The overall form is consistent with a small mold/seal fragment, though the specific motif (e.g., poppy seed head) is not clearly confirmable from this view.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.580.616.15 tier-2
- BKM-Object 226809 tier-2
About this record's data
- 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.