Offering Jar and Stand
Description
Object Label: This jar and stand were used in a tomb to offer water, milk, beer, or wine to the deceased. They were set up in front of a “false door” (a stone panel carved to resemble a door), which the deceased was believed to pass through in order to drink the offering. Caption: Offering Jar and Stand, ca. 2475–2345 B.C.E.. Granite, limestone, 22 3/16 in. (56.3 cm) (Stand): 15 9/16 x 6 in. (39.6 x 15.2 cm) (Bowl): 5 1/4 x 6 5/16 in. (13.3 x 16.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.19E. (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 alabaster jar with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a stone jar with a flared top, likely alabaster, featuring vertical hieroglyphic inscriptions. The style is characteristic of the ancient Egyptian focus on decorative and functional objects. The hieroglyphs are carved into the surface, and the jar appears well-preserved, with a notable design that could indicate a religious or funerary function.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.19E tier-2
- BKM-Object 3937 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.