Amphora
Description
Caption: Amphora, 5th century B.C.E. Glass, 2 9/16 x Diam. 1 5/8 in. (6.5 x 4.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by Robert B. Woodward, 12.42. (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, black glass amphora-shaped vessel with a rounded body, flaring rim, two loop handles, and decorative bands of yellow and blue glass on the front.
The image shows a compact glass vessel resembling an amphora. The rim is slightly everted and dark, and two opposing loop-like handles rise from the shoulder. The body is predominantly dark/black with layered decorative bands: a thin yellow band near the upper shoulder and a broader light-blue band below, both bordered by darker lines. A scalloped or patterned motif appears within the blue band, formed by repeated lighter blue/teal shapes. A museum label with the number “12.42” is visible beneath the object. No Egyptian hieroglyphs, cartouches, or other inscriptions are visible on the vessel itself, and no Greek/Coptic/Arabic text appears in the image.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 12.42 tier-2
- BKM-Object 5817 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.