Vase of Pepy II
Description
Caption: Vase of Pepy II, ca. 2288–2224 or 2194 B.C.E.. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), pigment, 5 7/8 × Diam. 4 5/8 in. (14.9 × 11.7 cm) 37.69Ea (base): 5 5/8 × Diam. 4 5/8 in. (14.3 × 11.7 cm) 37.69Eb (lid): 3/16 × Diam. 4 5/8 in. (0.5 × 11.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.69Ea-b.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small alabaster (calcite) Egyptian vase with a flared rim and an engraved painted design on the body, likely including figures in a panel and vertical hieroglyphic text traces.
The object is a footed, flaring vase with a rounded, flat rim and a slightly tapered neck transitioning to a wider lower body and a simple base. The surface is light, semi-translucent stone with discoloration and wear. On the visible front is a rectangular/vertical register containing a central motif resembling a human figure or standing figure in outline, accompanied by smaller horizontal and vertical signs around it. Additional hieroglyphic signs appear as faint white/cream traces against the darker stone, suggesting preserved painted incisions or pigment over inscription. No cartouche is clearly legible in this image. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.69Ea-b tier-2
- BKM-Object 3956 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.
- 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.