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

Hair Ring

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Description

Caption: Hair Ring, ca. 1539–1075 B.C.E.. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 5/16 x Diam. 1 1/8 in. (0.8 x 2.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.205. (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 ancient Egyptian object resembling a circular piece with small red markings.

The artifact appears to be a circular, hollow object with a smooth surface, likely made of a light-colored material. It features small red markings that may indicate decorative elements or inscriptions. The composition suggests a simple, functional design, possibly used as a jewelry piece or token.

unclear unknown good
Materials unknown

Connections

Found at Egypt

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 08.480.205 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 19261 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.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.