Jar from Djoser’s Pyramid Complex
Description
Caption: Jar from Djoser’s Pyramid Complex, ca. 2675–2625 B.C.E.. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 29 1/4 x 5 9/16 in. (74.3 x diam. 14.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.978. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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 tall, narrow-mouthed Egyptian jar in a pale stone, shown from above on a plain background.
The image shows a single vessel with an elongated, cylindrical body that tapers slightly toward the base. The rim is relatively narrow and appears chipped or worn at the top edge. No painted decoration or clear carved relief is visible on the body; the surface is smooth with subtle tool marks and light discoloration. There are no readable hieroglyphs or other scripts visible on the photograph, and no cartouche or named royal figure can be identified. The object is consistent in general form with stone storage or offering jars, but the image does not provide enough internal iconography to directly confirm the specific cataloged association with Djoser’s Pyramid Complex.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 34.978 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3332 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.