Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · vessel

Bowl

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Description

Catalogue description: Culture Egypto-Roman Caption: Egypto-Roman. Bowl, 4th century C.E.. Glass, 2 1/16 x 5 7/8 x 7 3/8 in. (5.2 x 15 x 18.7 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, 16.108.12. (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 yellowish glass bowl with a central raised area.

The artifact is a delicately crafted yellowish glass bowl featuring a slightly off-center raised area, possibly for decorative or functional purposes. The vessel’s translucent quality suggests it may have been blown or cast, showcasing the expertise in glassmaking of the period.

decorative Ptolemaic excellent
Materials glass

Connections

Found at Edfu
Materials Glass

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.108.12 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9376 tier-2
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