Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · other
Cowroid with Ankh-Sign
Description
Caption: Cowroid with Ankh-Sign, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E.. Steatite, glaze, 3/16 x 1/4 x 1/2 in. (0.5 x 0.7 x 1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 14.627. (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 ancient Egyptian artifact with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
This is a small, oval artifact, possibly an amulet or scarab, featuring finely carved hieroglyphs. The piece shows a cartouche shape with intricate details, suggesting it was a personal item, possibly indicating royal significance.
royal
New Kingdom
good
Royals
Tutankhamun
Materials
faience
Signs
ankh
reed
Visible text
"Tutankhamun"
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 14.627 tier-2
- BKM-Object 8623 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.