Hes-Vase with Cover
Description
Object Label: Ritual vessels known as hes-vases were commonly used in temple rituals of purification and in libations, or liquid offerings, which the priest poured to the gods. Their shape resembles the hieroglyph hes, which can mean “to favor” or “to praise.” Caption: Hes-Vase with Cover, ca. 1350–1295 B.C.E.. Faience, 8 1/16 x Diam. 2 3/16 in. (20.5 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 48.55a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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.
Blue-glazed ceramic/faience vessel with a separate cover-like form, shown standing upright on a neutral background.
The image depicts a small, vertically oriented Egyptian vessel in a glossy turquoise-blue glaze consistent with faience. The object has a rounded pear-shaped body tapering toward a narrow foot, and on top a bulbous, flaring cover form (not a flat lid) that suggests the catalogued “Hes-vase with Cover.” No visible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or painted inscriptions appear on the photograph. The surface shows uniform glaze with light reflections; no chips or breaks are readily visible at this resolution. No deities, royal names, or iconographic elements are clearly identifiable.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 48.55a-b tier-2
- BKM-Object 3500 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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