Khonsu Amulet
Description
Caption: Khonsu Amulet, 664–343 B.C.E.. Gold, 1 x 7/16 x 1/4 in. (2.6 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.825E. (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 gold Egyptian amulet depicting a seated/standing falcon-headed figure-like form with a stylized wig and striped nemes-style headdress elements.
The image shows a tiny gold amulet against a light, woven/cloth-like background. The top of the object has a rounded finial with a small curved element resembling a horn/feather or stylized curl. Below, there is a vertical central figure with a dark recessed area and a prominent striped, horizontal banding pattern across the face/headdress region. A second, broader element to the left forms a curved vertical silhouette, which may represent an arm or supporting part of the amulet. The lower portion narrows, and there is a shadow cast to the right, indicating the object is free-standing. No clearly legible hieroglyphic signs, cartouches, or alphabetic text are visible at this resolution.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.825E tier-2
- BKM-Object 4104 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.