Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue
Heart Amulet Surmounted by a Ram's Head
Description
Caption: Heart Amulet Surmounted by a Ram's Head, 664–525 B.C.E. or later. Faience, 2 1/4 x 15/16 in. (5.8 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.887E. (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.
Faience amulet depicting a ram-headed deity.
The artifact is a faience amulet featuring a ram-headed deity, likely representing Amun or Khnum. The deity is crowned with a sun disk, and the body is stylized with a net-like design. The craftsmanship is characteristic of amulets used for protection and religious purposes.
decorative
New Kingdom
excellent
Deities
AmunKhnum
Materials
faience
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.887E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117478 tier-2
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