Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Poppy Seed Head Pendant Mold

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Description

Caption: Poppy Seed Head Pendant Mold, ca. 1390–1322 B.C.E.. Clay, 1 x 1 x 3/8 in (2.6 x 2.5 x 0.9 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, 16.580.616.58. (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, oval-shaped clay artifact with a central indentation.

The artifact is a small, oval-shaped object made of clay, featuring a notable central indentation. Its surface appears coarse and unfinished, suggesting it may have been a tool or an item of daily use. There are no visible decorations or hieroglyphs, indicating it was likely utilitarian.

unclear unknown good
Materials clay

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Clay

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.580.616.58 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 226699 tier-2
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