Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · vessel
Canopic Jar Base
Description
Caption: Canopic Jar Base, 664–332 B.C.E.. Limestone, 8 1/4 x 5 5/16 in. (21 x 13.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1902E. (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 cylindrical jar with vertical hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a cylindrical jar made of stone, featuring a series of vertical hieroglyphic inscriptions. The style is characteristic of Egyptian funerary objects, with inscriptions likely indicating the name of a deceased person or a dedication. The surface shows signs of wear, suggesting its antiquity.
funerary
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
stone
Signs
name of sign ×5
name of sign ×3
Visible text
"Wsir Nfr Htp"
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1902E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118407 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.