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

Bowl

Source of record: Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Catalogue description: Culture Egypto-Roman Caption: Egypto-Roman. Bowl, 305–30 B.C.E.. Glass, 15/16 x diam. 2 9/16 in. (2.4 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.113. (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.

The image shows the interior of a small dark circular vessel/bowl with a central inset, set within a light-colored mounting/background. A small patch of red-painted markings appears at the center.

A dark brown/black circular basin is visible, likely the interior of a glass bowl, with a raised central circular element or depression. In the middle of the central area there is a small cluster of red-orange painted markings/digits that are partially legible but too small for confident transcription. No clear carved or painted hieroglyphs, cartouches, or recognizable deity iconography are visible. The background/mounting appears light (possibly plaster or a display mount), and the vessel surface shows mottling and reflections consistent with a glass object. Overall, the object appears to match the catalogued “Bowl,” and no evidence contradicts the subject; the only text-like feature is modern/photographic-red marking rather than ancient script that can be identified.

decorative Ptolemaic Period (per catalogue; exact attribution unclear from image alone) good
Materials glass (dark brown/black)paint/red marking (unidentified)
Signs red/orange painted marking (unidentified)

Connections

Materials Alabaster

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.113 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9393 tier-2
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  • 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.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.