Cylinder Bead with Geometric Design
Description
Caption: Cylinder Bead with Geometric Design, ca. 1938–1700 B.C.E.. Steatite, glaze, silver, 7/8 x 1/4 in. (2.2 x 0.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 35.1184. (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 Egyptian artifact with a decorative pattern.
The artifact is a small piece, likely a bead or amulet, featuring a geometric design pattern. It appears to be made of faience with a blue-green glaze. The pattern consists of repeating lines forming a crisscross design, typical in Egyptian decorative arts. This piece is mounted on a thin metal rod for display.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 35.1184 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3356 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.