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Cup Inscribed for Thutmose III

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Description

Caption: Egyptian. Cup Inscribed for Thutmose III, ca. 1490–1436 B.C.E.. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), paste, 3 3/8 × Greatest diam. 2 in. (8.5 × 5.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jonathan P. Rosen, 82.116.23. (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.

A small cylindrical alabaster (calcite) cup with dark ink or pigment hieroglyphic inscriptions on the exterior surface.

The object is a short, narrow, straight-sided cup/cylindrical vessel with a slightly everted rim and a plain base. The exterior is decorated with multiple lines of dark hieroglyphic signs painted or incised (pigment appears darker than the pale stone). The inscription is arranged in vertical/column-like groups on one side of the cup, with what appear to be one or more cartouche-like rectangular signs, though the exact royal name is not fully legible at this resolution. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No deities are clearly identifiable from the provided image details. The stone surface shows natural light veining consistent with calcite/alabaster, with areas of wear and minor abrasions.

decorative New Kingdom (likely 18th Dynasty, consistent with Thutmose III attribution but inscription not fully readable) good
Materials Egyptian alabaster (calcite)pigment/ink (dark)paste (unclear from image)
Signs Hieroglyphic inscription signs (including a possible cartouche-like rectangular enclosure; exact name not legible) ×10
Visible text "Unclear—dark hieroglyphic lines visible; a cartouche-like rectangular sign may be present but the text cannot be confidently transcribed from the image."

Connections

Found at Gebelein (Krokodilopolis)
Royals Thutmose III
Materials Egyptian Alabaster

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 82.116.23 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 3895 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.