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

Bottle

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Description

Caption: Bottle, 2nd–3rd century C.E.. Glass, organic material, Greatest diam. 2 1/16 x 6 3/8 in. (5.2 x 16.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1641E. (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 greenish glass bottle (or bottle-shaped vessel) photographed against a neutral background, with a flat circular base and a narrow cylindrical body ending in a wider rim.

The object is bottle-shaped with a rounded flat base and a tall, narrow cylindrical neck. The upper opening is slightly flared with a dark rim. The glass appears green/olive with variations in opacity and surface wear, including possible residue or weathering on the sides. No painted decoration or applied inscriptions are visible on the vessel itself in this image. A small paper label with handwritten ink is placed near the base; the handwriting is too unclear to transcribe reliably, and there are no legible Greek/Coptic/Arabic/printed characters on the image.

decorative Roman Period (catalogue ground truth); image does not show diagnostic inscriptions or iconography to confirm. good
Materials Glass

Connections

Found at Saqqara
Materials Glass

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1641E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 118166 tier-2
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