Cylindrical Amulet
Description
Object Label: The Egyptians worked with gold and semiprecious stones from earliest times. They mined both types of material in the desert east of the Nile and in present-day Sudan, called “Nubia” in ancient times after the ancient Egyptian word for gold (nub). Clearly, objects made from these high-value materials were available only to the highest ranks of society. Caption: Cylindrical Amulet, ca. 1938–1759 B.C.E.. Gold, Diam. 3/8 × 2 in. (1 × 5.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.701E. (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 gold cylindrical amulet with raised decorative patterns.
The artifact is a gold amulet in a cylindrical shape, featuring intricate raised patterns along its surface. The patterns consist of repeating geometric shapes and granular textures, possibly representing ancient hieroglyphic symbols or decorative motifs. The item appears well-crafted, typical of jewelry or ornamentation from ancient Egyptian craftsmanship.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.701E tier-2
- BKM-Object 4081 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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