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

Jug

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Description

Caption: Jug, 4th century C.E.. Glass, 7 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 4 7/16 in. (20 x 11 x 11.3 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, 16.108.1. (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 green glass vessel with a handle and narrow neck.

The artifact is a small, green glass vessel characterized by its rounded body, narrow neck, and a single applied handle extending from the neck to the shoulder. The base is slightly indented, typical of glass-blowing techniques. It lacks any surface decoration or inscriptions, focusing on a simplistic utilitarian design.

unclear unknown excellent
Materials glass

Connections

Found at Edfu
Materials Glass

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.108.1 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9365 tier-2
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