Bowl
Description
Object Label: The image on one of these bowls depicts a monkey playing a double flute. Representations of animals engaged in human activities occur throughout Egyptian history. The other bowl shows a female figure and flowering plants. This motif may be borrowed from scenes on the walls of painted tombs. Caption: Bowl, ca. 1295–1185 B.C.E.. Faience, 13/16 × Diam. 3 1/2 in. (2 × 8.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 66.172. (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 blue faience bowl depicting figures in a possible ceremonial or daily life scene.
The image shows a shallow bowl made of blue faience, a common material in ancient Egyptian artifacts. The interior of the bowl features painted or incised figures, possibly engaged in a procession or ceremonial activity. The style of the figures and the faience medium suggest importance in both daily and ritual contexts. The depiction includes several human forms, some appearing to be in motion, indicative of narrative storytelling.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 66.172 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3751 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.