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 9/16 x Diam. 5 5/16 in. (6.5 x 13.5 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, 16.108.6. (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.

A small green glass bowl (or shallow vessel) viewed from above/at a slight angle, with a central dark opening and reflective highlights on the rim.

The image shows a single object on a light gray/white background: a translucent green bowl with a flared rim and a tapered, rounded body. The interior appears darker near the center, and the rim catches bright specular reflections, indicating polished glass. No painted decoration, inscriptions, or figures are visible on the surface. A small white label beneath the vessel includes handwritten/printed digits (too small to read confidently from this image). No hieroglyphs, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text are visible on the bowl itself.

decorative Late Roman Period (per catalogue ground truth); image does not provide clear chronological markers. good
Materials Glass (green translucent)

Connections

Found at Edfu
Materials Glass

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.108.6 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9370 tier-2
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