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

Bottle

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Description

Caption: Bottle, 2nd–3rd century C.E.. Glass, Greatest diam. 2 5/16 x 6 1/8 in. (5.8 x 15.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1642E. (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 dark, glass bottle-like vessel with a narrow cylindrical neck and a rounded flared base, shown in a studio photograph against a light background.

The image shows a single small vessel resembling a bottle or ewer. The body is mostly a straight, narrow cylindrical neck that flares slightly into a rounded shoulder and ends in a thick, disk-like base. The rim at the top is open and dark. The glass surface appears smooth and glossy with no visible painted decoration or relief. No attached labels or inscriptions are visible on the object or within the image frame. There are no clear hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic texts present.

photographic documentation Roman Period (catalogue ground truth) good
Materials glass

Connections

Found at Saqqara
Materials GlassBronze

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1642E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 118167 tier-2
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