Amphora
Description
Caption: Amphora, 5th century B.C.E. Glass, 2 13/16 x Diam. 1 3/4 in. (7.2 x 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by Robert B. Woodward, 12.29. (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 decorative glass amphora/vase with a narrow neck, flared lip, and two loop handles, painted with blue/green/yellow banding and zigzag patterns.
The object is a handheld ceramic-like bottle shape made of translucent colored glass. It has a dark blue body with two small opposing loop handles near the upper shoulder. The neck is narrow and ends in a slightly flared rim; the base is pointed/rounded. Horizontal bands in yellow and blue-green decorate the middle and lower body, including a zigzag/wave motif across the widest section and additional straight banding. No figural imagery, inscriptions, or identifiable hieroglyphic/Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are visible. A paper label with handwritten numbers appears in the photo background (“12.29”), which is likely an inventory label rather than on the artifact itself.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 12.29 tier-2
- BKM-Object 5804 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.