Hippopotamus Amulet
Description
Caption: Hippopotamus Amulet, ca. 2008–1630 B.C.E.. Stone, 7/8 × 9/16 × 5/16 in. (2.2 × 1.4 × 0.8 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, 16.408. (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, ancient Egyptian amulet depicting a scarab beetle.
The object is an intricately carved amulet in the form of a scarab beetle, likely used for protection or symbolic purposes. The detailing on the beetle is precise, indicating skilled craftsmanship. The primary material appears to be dark stone or faience, with parts possibly being ivory or bone.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.408 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9660 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.