Pilgrim Flask
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Coptic Caption: Coptic. Pilgrim Flask, 5th–7th century C.E.. Terracotta, 4 5/16 x 2 15/16 in. (11 x 7.5 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, 16.163. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University))
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.
Terracotta pilgrim flask with two loop handles and a circular molded central face/medallion on the body.
The object is a small, ovoid terracotta flask with a narrow neck and everted rim. Two rounded loop handles extend laterally from the shoulder to the sides of the body. The front of the body bears a large circular molded medallion containing a central figure-like motif and an encircling band of raised characters or decorative signs that resemble a ring of small hieroglyph-like marks. The overall surface is worn and abraded, with some discoloration and minor residue; no clear colorants or modern repairs are confidently identifiable. No legible Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No identifiable royal cartouche is clearly discernible in the photographed area. No specific deity attribute can be securely matched from the low-resolution, worn inscription/motif.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.163 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9439 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.