Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · vessel
Kohl Jar
Description
Caption: Kohl Jar, ca. 1938–1700 B.C.E.. Egyptian alabaster, 1 5/16 x 1 3/16 in. (3.3 x 3.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 13.1031. (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.
An ancient Egyptian small vessel made from a translucent material.
The artifact is a small, well-crafted vessel with a rounded body and a flat rim. It is made from a translucent, possibly alabaster material, which was commonly used in ancient Egyptian artifacts for its aesthetic qualities. The vessel appears to be intact with no visible inscriptions or decorations.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
alabaster
Connections
Materials
Alabaster
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 13.1031 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3090 tier-2
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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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