Lion Bead
Description
Caption: Lion Bead, ca. 2008 B.C.E.–1360 BCE. Gold, 3/8 x length 5/8 in. (1 x 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.366. (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, golden amulet depicting a resting lion.
The amulet is a simple, yet elegant representation of a lion, crafted in gold. It is stylized, emphasizing the lion's resting posture with smooth, rounded forms without intricate details. The composition is compact, suggesting it was intended to be carried or worn.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.366 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9619 tier-2
About this record's data
- 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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