Kohl Jar with Lid and Ring Base
Description
Caption: Kohl Jar with Lid and Ring Base, ca. 2008–1721 B.C.E.. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), gesso, 37.650Ea: 1 1/8 × Greatest diam. 1 11/16 in. (2.9 × 4.3 cm) 37.650Eb: 1/4 × Greatest diam. 1 1/4 in. (0.7 × 3.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.650Ea-b. (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, ancient Egyptian jar with a lid, likely used for storage or ceremonial purposes.
This is a small pottery jar with a rounded body and a flat, circular lid. The jar seems to be handcrafted, with a smooth surface and a simple design. It lacks any decorative elements or inscriptions. The red-brown color suggests it might be made of terracotta. Its compact size indicates it could have been used for storing small quantities of substances, possibly in a domestic or ritual context.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.650Ea-b tier-2
- BKM-Object 117262 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.