Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · vessel
Kohl Jar in the Form of a Lotus Column, Cover Missing
Description
Caption: Kohl Jar in the Form of a Lotus Column, Cover Missing, ca. 1539–1075 B.C.E.. Wood, powder, metal, 3 1/8 × Diam. 13/16 in. (7.9 × 2.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.669E. (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 small carved object resembling a pillar or papyrus column.
The artifact is a cylindrical object with a fluted top, resembling the capital of a column, possibly imitating a papyrus bundle. The design is simplistic, with a focus on vertical lines and a rounded top. The material appears to be wood, with signs of age visible as a darkened patina.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
wood
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.669E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117278 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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