Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Small Bead in Form of a Fly
Description
Caption: Small Bead in Form of a Fly, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E.. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. (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, gold object that resembles a hieroglyphic sign.
The object is a small, gold piece resembling a hieroglyphic sign, possibly crafted with detailed engravings. Its shape is similar to a reed leaf hieroglyph, suggesting its use in decorative or symbolic contexts in ancient Egyptian art.
hieroglyphic only
unknown
excellent
Materials
gold
Signs
reed leaf
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.705E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117312 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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