Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · vessel

Jar from Djoser’s Pyramid Complex

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Description

Caption: Jar from Djoser’s Pyramid Complex, ca. 2675–2625 B.C.E.. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 23 1/16 x 5 1/16 in. (58.5 x diam. 12.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.977.

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.

Photograph of a tall, narrow Ancient Egyptian jar with a simple rounded body and short neck, photographed in a museum.

The object is shown centered on a display stand against a plain background. It is a unadorned jar with a rounded, tapering body; the top has a short neck and a slightly thickened rim. No painted decoration, carved relief, or readable inscription is visible on the exterior in this image. The surface appears light-colored and stone-like, consistent with the catalogued alabaster material, though exact stone type cannot be confirmed from the photograph alone. No cartouches, royal names, or hieroglyphic signs are identifiable, and no visible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text appears.

decorative Old Kingdom (per catalogue; image does not provide diagnostic iconography) good
Materials light-colored stone (alabaster/calcite per catalogue)

Connections

Found at Saqqara
Royals Djoser

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 34.977 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 3331 tier-2
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