Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Cylinder Bead
Description
Caption: Cylinder Bead, ca. 1938–1759 B.C.E.. Steatite, glaze, 15/16 × Diam. 3/8 in. (2.4 × 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X626.46.
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.
The image shows a carved scarab with an inscription.
The artifact appears to be a small carved scarab, likely made from stone or faience, featuring detailed engravings. The style is typical of Ancient Egyptian amulets used for protection and symbolic purposes. The inscription on the scarab suggests a personal or protective function. The object is positioned next to a measuring scale, indicating an effort to document its size precisely.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
stonefaience
Signs
scarab
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession X626.46 tier-2
- BKM-Object 120404 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.