Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Forepart of a Serpent Amulet
Description
Caption: Forepart of a Serpent Amulet, ca. 1539–1075 B.C.E.. Carnelian, 1/4 x 3/16 x 5/8 in. (0.6 x 0.5 x 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1195E. (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, carved amulet resembling an ancient Egyptian object.
The item is a small, reddish-brown amulet appearing to be crafted from a type of stone or faience. Its form suggests it might represent a symbolic motif common in Egyptian artifacts, possibly animal or symbolic in nature. The craftsmanship indicates it may have served a decorative or protective purpose.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
stone
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1195E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117767 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.