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 Diam. 6 3/8 in. (5.3 x 16.2 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, 16.108.11. (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.

Photograph shows a shallow, circular glass bowl viewed from above/at a slight angle, with a clear rim and faint surface imperfections.

The image depicts a translucent, light-toned bowl with a wide, shallow profile. A thickened rim encircles the vessel, and the interior is mostly reflective, showing highlights and a darker curved reflection near the bottom interior. No painted decoration, inscriptions, or iconographic figures are visible on the bowl’s surface. The object appears intact but with small specks/blemishes consistent with age or wear; the photo does not show any identifiable hieroglyphs or text. The catalogue description as a glass bowl from the late Roman Period at Edfu is broadly consistent with the clear glass appearance, though the image provides no direct inscriptional or contextual evidence for the date/location.

decorative late Roman Period (as catalogued; image alone cannot confirm) good
Materials glass

Connections

Found at Edfu
Materials Glass

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.108.11 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9375 tier-2
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