One of a Set of Jars for Seven Sacred Oils or Unguents
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, 49.52.4a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small, cylindrical jar with a lid, made of a glazed material.
The artifact is a small, cylindrical container with a matching lid, likely used for storage. The surface is covered with a bluish-green glaze, characteristic of faience, which was commonly used in Egyptian artifacts for its aesthetic qualities. The glaze gives the object a smooth, glossy finish, and the simple shape suggests it may have been used for everyday purposes. The condition appears to be good, with no significant damage visible.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 49.52.4a-b tier-2
- BKM-Object 160391 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.