Miniature Bowl
Description
Object Label: Shallow, miniature vessels such as this one were probably used for mixing cosmetics. Caption: Miniature Bowl, ca. 1938–1700 B.C.E.. Ivory or bone, 1 1/4 x 1 1/16 in. (3.1 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 36.126. (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, shallow bowl made of polished stone.
The artifact is a well-crafted, shallow bowl, showcasing a smooth and polished surface. The bowl has a rounded shape with visible cracks that suggest signs of age. It appears to be crafted from a stone such as alabaster, which was commonly used in ancient Egypt for such items. The bowl is simple in design, lacking any visible inscriptions or decorative features.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 36.126 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3393 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.