Model Shell
Description
Object Label: The Egyptians believed they would need food and drink in the afterlife. Early Dynasty 12 burials commonly included large wooden models depicting offering bearers or people engaged in activities such as baking bread and brewing beer. Later, under Senwosret III, the large wooden models were replaced by small-scale replicas of food. These faience shells probably represented a variety of Red Sea snail, an ancient delicacy. Caption: Model Shell, ca. 1836–1700 B.C.E.. Faience, 1 3/16 x 1 7/8 in. (3 x 4.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Peter Sharrer, 82.170.3.
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, ancient Egyptian faience amulet in the shape of a conical object.
The artifact is a glazed faience amulet or object, characterized by a conical shape that might have ritualistic or symbolic significance. Its surface shows a textured appearance typical of faience, and it features subtle hues indicating mineral composition. The top part is slightly tiered, suggesting a crafted design element.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 82.170.3 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3901 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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