Djed-pillar Amulet
Description
Caption: Djed-pillar Amulet, 664–525 B.C.E.. Faience, 3 7/16 x 1 1/8 in. (8.8 x 2.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1229E. (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.
The image shows a small faience amulet shaped like a stylized Djed pillar (a column-like symbol), tapering slightly toward the base and topped with stacked, tiered elements.
A single amulet is photographed against a plain light background. The object’s form is a vertically elongated Djed-pillar silhouette: a rounded, slightly flared base; a narrow midsection; and a top composed of multiple stacked horizontal bands or tiers with incised/raised detailing along the rim of each tier. The surface appears glazed and mottled, consistent with faience, with scattered specks and minor abrasions. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text are visible in the photo; the ornamentation present is limited to the decorative bands and incised texture on the Djed-pillar structure. No royal name is identifiable, and no deity is explicitly depicted beyond the generic symbolic Djed-pillar association.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1229E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117801 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.