Poppy Seed Head Pendant Mold
Description
Caption: Poppy Seed Head Pendant Mold, ca. 1390–1322 B.C.E.. Clay, 11/16 x 3/4 x 7/16 in (1.8 x 1.9 x 1.1 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, 16.580.616.153. (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 circular terracotta/clay object with a central drilled cavity/opening and rough surface wear, photographed against a plain light background.
The image shows a single small, round fragment of fired clay (terracotta) centered in the frame. One side appears slightly flatter, while the reverse edge is irregular. There is a prominent central opening or perforation (dark interior) with a rough, hand-made appearance around the hole. No visible incised hieroglyphs, cartouches, painted decoration, or clearly modeled figure features are discernible at this resolution. The overall form is consistent with a small mold element or a fragment associated with producing small artifacts, but the photo does not clearly show a modeled poppy seed head motif or mold cavity details.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.580.616.153 tier-2
- BKM-Object 226803 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.
- 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.