Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · vessel
Bes Jar
Description
Caption: Bes Jar, 522–332 b.c.e.. Clay, slip, 6 3/4 × Diam. 4 1/8 in. (17.2 × 10.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.328E. (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 ceramic vessel featuring a face with exaggerated features.
The artifact is a clay vessel with a defined face form on the surface. The facial features include protruding eyes, a prominent nose, and stylized mouth details. The craftsmanship reflects an interest in figural and symbolic embellishment, likely serving a decorative or ritualistic purpose.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
ceramic
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.328E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117000 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.