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

Bowl

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Description

Caption: Bowl, ca. 2nd–4th century. Bronze, 2 7/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (6.2 x 8.7 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, 16.251. (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, hemispherical metal bowl with a dark brown/green patina, viewed from above and slightly from the front.

The image shows a single ancient-style shallow bowl/cup with an inward-curving rim. The exterior surface is dark brown with a mottled green patina, suggesting long-term corrosion of a metal object. No relief decoration, inscriptions, or legible hieroglyphs are visible on the exterior or rim. The interior appears similarly dark with greenish corrosion at the rim area. The object is photographed on a light gray/white background under soft, even lighting. No cartouches, royal names, or deity iconography can be clearly identified from the available view. There is no Greek/Coptic/Arabic text visible.

decorative Late Roman Period (per catalogue); image itself does not provide secure dating cues good
Materials bronze (patinated metal, inferred from surface color and catalogue materials)

Connections

Materials Stone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.251 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 160366 tier-2
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