Cylindrical Alabastron
Description
Caption: Cylindrical Alabastron, late 6th–early 4th century B.C.E.. Glass, 3 11/16 × Diam. 1 1/16 in. (9.4 × 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by Robert B. Woodward, 12.40. (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.
Photograph of a small, cylindrical container with a dark bluish core and layered decorative bands, with a flared rim at the top and a narrow base.
The object appears as a short cylindrical vessel with a slightly flared top opening (rim) and a tapered lower end. The surface decoration consists of alternating wavy and zigzag-colored bands (notably dark blue/teal with lighter yellowish and cream-colored elements) wrapped around the body. Two thicker horizontal bands encircle the upper and midsection areas. The lighting and resolution do not allow for any clear figurative scenes. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or other text are visible on the photographed surface. A small white label with handwritten numbers is present in the background, but it is not an ancient inscription and is not legible as a museum catalogue code in the image.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 12.40 tier-2
- BKM-Object 5815 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.