Tall Jar
Description
Object Label: Most ancient Egyptians could not read. Potters and stone carvers therefore designed specific vessel shapes for specific contents so everyone would know what they contained. Jars of this shape, for example, always held soothing aromatic ointments. Caption: Tall Jar, ca. 1938–1700 B.C.E.. Serpentine, 2 13/16 x Greatest diam. 2 3/8 in. (7.1 x 6.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.95E. (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 vessel, likely made from stone.
The artifact is a small, dark vessel with a flared rim and a narrow base. The overall shape is conical, typical of containers used in daily life or possibly for ritual purposes. Its surface appears to be smooth and well-preserved, indicating skilled craftsmanship.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.95E tier-2
- BKM-Object 3962 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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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.