Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · other
Box with Sliding Cover Midlde Kingdom-early New KingdomEgypt
Description
Object Label: Beginning in the late Predynastic Period (circa 3300–3100 B.C.), Egyptians stored small precious objects in decorated wooden boxes. Early Dynasty 18 woodworkers frequently embellished these boxes, such as the ones displayed here, with ivory bands featuring rows of concentric circles. This design disappeared around the reign of Thutmose III. Caption: Box with Sliding Cover, ca. 1938–1478 B.C.E.. Wood, ivory, 3 3/4 x 4 7/8 x 6 5/8 in. (9.5 x 12.4 x 16.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 60.1.1a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Connections
Royals
Thutmose III
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 60.1.1a-b tier-2
- BKM-Object 3680 tier-2
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