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-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 pottery flask with a central raised motif.
This artifact is a pottery flask featuring a circular medallion with raised decoration, potentially depicting a stylized scene or symbol. The flask has two handles and a short neck, indicative of its functional use in holding liquids. The style is simple and utilitarian, typical of pottery from daily life in ancient Egypt. The surface is worn but largely intact, suggesting some age.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.163 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9439 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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