Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Isis knot
Description
Caption: Isis knot, ca. 1400–1075 B.C.E.. Wood, 6 11/16 × 2 5/8 × 1/2 in. (17 × 6.6 × 1.2 cm) mounted dimensions: 8 × 3 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 7.6 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.177. (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 ankh-shaped object, symbolizing life.
This artifact is an ankh, carved from wood, with a looped top and a T-shaped crossbar. The piece is dark brown and polished, suggesting it is made from wood, possibly used as a symbol of life or given as an amulet. The form is simplistic yet precise, commonly used in Egyptian iconography.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
wood
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 08.480.177 tier-2
- BKM-Object 19237 tier-2
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