Vase of Pepy I
Description
Caption: Vase of Pepy I, ca. 2338–2298 B.C.E.. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), pigment (Egyptian Blue), 2 1/8 x diam. 1 1/8 in. (5.4 x 2.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.61E. (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 alabaster vase with a cartouche containing hieroglyphs.
The artifact is a small alabaster vase, elegantly shaped and featuring a prominent vertical cartouche with hieroglyphic inscriptions. The craftsmanship displays the refined stone-working techniques characteristic of ancient Egyptian artisans. The cartouche is centrally located and appears to contain royal insignia or names, possibly indicative of a connection to a pharaoh or royal figure.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.61E tier-2
- BKM-Object 3955 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.