Plaque with Crocodile
Description
Caption: Plaque with Crocodile, 305–30 B.C.E.. Glass, 13/16 x 1 5/8 x 5/8 in. (2 x 4.1 x 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 65.132. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small, dark, wedge-shaped object painted with a polychrome crocodile head, including blue and red markings and a yellow body area.
The image shows a small fragment or plaque-like piece on a plain beige background. One side is painted to represent the head and upper body of a crocodile: a dark (black or very dark brown) snout and jaw outline, a yellow-green body area, and vivid blue and red details around the head and along the painted back. The painted surface has visible cracking and wear, suggesting age or preservation losses. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are visible in the provided photograph. The object appears to have a dark backing/substrate with paint applied on top; however, the image does not allow confirmation of the exact material (the catalogue states glass).
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 65.132 tier-2
- BKM-Object 87519 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.