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

Vessel and Cover for (M)edjat-oil

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 2002.18.2a-b. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 2002.18.2a-b
Find spot: Memphis, Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Period to Ptolemaic Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 30
Date: 360–30 B.C.E.
Date range: 360 BCE – 30 BCE
Materials: ['Faience']
Height: 3.5 cm
Width: 3.0 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Caption: Vessel and Cover for (M)edjat-oil, 360–30 B.C.E.. Faience, 1 3/8 x 1 3/16 in. (3.5 x 3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Wunsch Foundation, Inc., 2002.18.2a-b.

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 two small turquoise-blue faience vessels shaped like short cones with flat circular rims, each with a matching domed cover lying nearby, displayed in a museum gallery.

The image shows a display table with at least two turquoise-blue (faience) objects resembling vessel bodies and covers. Two upright pieces in the foreground have a tapered, pedestal-like form: a flat, wide circular rim at the top and a wider base supported by small feet. Each body bears faint, molded/painted decoration, but the motifs are not legible enough to identify individual hieroglyphs or iconography. A separate flat, domed cover is visible on the lower right, consistent with the catalogue description of a “vessel and cover.” In the background, out-of-focus additional turquoise objects are visible, but no clear inscriptions or cartouches are readable. No clearly identifiable Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text appears. No clear royal cartouche is visible. Overall condition appears good to fair for museum display, with surface wear and slight discoloration typical of faience.

decorative Late Period to Ptolemaic Period (as catalogued); exact dating unclear from image alone. good

Materials Faience (turquoise-blue glazed ceramic)

Signs unidentified molded/painted symbols (not legible) ×4

Connections

Found at Memphis

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 2002.18.2a-b tier-2
BKM-Object 4320 tier-2

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