Small Vase
Description
Caption: Small Vase, c.a 1539–1292 B.C.E.. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 2 11/16 × Greatest diam. 2 9/16 in. (6.8 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.389E. (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, round alabaster vessel with a narrow neck and wide rim.
The artifact appears to be a small, well-crafted alabaster vessel with a rounded body, a narrow neck, and an outwardly flared rim. The surface is smooth, displaying the natural veining typical of alabaster stone. The craftsmanship suggests it could have been used for holding oils or perfumes, indicative of ancient Egyptian daily life usage.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.389E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117045 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.