Vessel
Description
Egyptian alabaster is a form of limestone (calcite) that is found in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. It was favored for cosmetic and ritual offering fishes because of its beautiful color and translucent quality.
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.
A small, plain ancient Egyptian alabaster vessel (cup/jar form) with a rounded shoulder and open rim, shown against a white background.
The image depicts a single vessel with a wide, flaring opening and a rounded body tapering slightly toward the base. The surface is light-colored alabaster with visible banding/veining in yellow-brown and lighter white strata, consistent with translucent stone patterns. No decorative figures, relief, or painted iconography are visible. There are no legible hieroglyphs or other scripts present on the visible surfaces, and no cartouches or royal names can be identified. The object appears intact in the photo, with a smooth finish and no obvious breaks; only minor surface marks are visible.
Connections
Cross-references (1)
- ARTIC-id 130108 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian).
- 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.