Bowl
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Egypto-Roman Caption: Egypto-Roman. Bowl, 4th century C.E.. Glass, 3 9/16 x Diam. 5 9/16 in. (9.1 x 14.2 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, 16.108.5. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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 glass or faience ancient Egyptian artifact resembling a lid or cap.
The artifact appears to be made of glass or faience, showing a domed form with a central, slightly elevated knob or handle. The construction is simple, suggesting practical use, possibly as a container lid or part of a larger item. The surface is smooth but shows signs of age, such as slight discoloration.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.108.5 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9369 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.