Bes Amulet
Description
Caption: Bes Amulet, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E.. Glass, 1 1/4 × 9/16 in. (3.2 × 1.5 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, 16.101. (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 amulet depicting a figure in a stylized pose.
The artifact is a small faience amulet, likely representing a deity or mythical creature in a stylized dance or posture. It features a glossy finish and is crafted with detailing that highlights its shape and form. Such amulets were commonly used for protection and religious purposes.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.101 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9358 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.