Design Cowroid with Magical Hieroglyphs
Description
Caption: Design Cowroid with Magical Hieroglyphs, ca. 1630–1539 B.C.E.. Steatite, glaze, 1/4 x 1/2 x 5/8 in. (0.7 x 1.3 x 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 35.1179.
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 scarab with decorative patterns.
The image features a small, intricately designed scarab with swirling patterns. Scarabs were commonly used as amulets and were made of various materials. The scarab in the image seems to be composed of a dark material, possibly stone, with detailed engravings on its surface. The composition suggests use as decorative or symbolic jewelry in ancient Egypt.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 35.1179 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3355 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.