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One of a Set of Jars for Seven Sacred Oils or Unguents

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Description

Caption: One of a Set of Jars for Seven Sacred Oils or Unguents, 305–30 B.C.E.. Faience, 2 1/2 x 2 3/8 in. (6.4 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 49.52.7a-b. (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.

Faience jar with a rounded lid knob and painted or incised markings on the body, likely intended to store oils/unguents.

The image shows a small, cylindrical, light-blue/green faience container with a flat rim and a matching lid. The lid has a single rounded knob centered on top. The jar’s body is decorated with faint, dark markings—possibly hieroglyphic or a symbolic motif—arranged vertically on the front-right side; the details are partially worn and not fully legible. No clear cartouche or royal titulary is visible. The background is plain and studio-lit, with minor surface abrasion and cracking consistent with age.

daily life Ptolemaic Period (as given by catalogue); inscription/paint style too fragmentary to refine further good
Materials Faience (glazed ceramic)
Signs Unclear vertical set of marks (possibly hieroglyphic) ×3
Visible text "Worn/unclear vertical dark signs on the jar body; no reliably readable excerpt."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Worn/unclear vertical dark signs on the jar body; no reliably readable excerpt.

Connections

Found at Memphis
Materials Faience

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 49.52.7a-b tier-2
  • BKM-Object 160394 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.
  • 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.