Fitzwilliam Museum — Department of Antiquities (Egyptian) · vessel

alabastron

Source of record: Fitzwilliam Museum — Department of Antiquities (Egyptian) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

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 small, rounded alabastron-like vessel with a narrow neck and flared mouth, made of translucent stone. No inscriptions or decoration are visible.

The object is a ceramic/stone container photographed on a neutral gray background. It has an ovoid body that narrows slightly toward the bottom, a short narrow neck, and a simple flared rim. The surface is smooth and untextured, with subtle translucency typical of alabaster. Faint horizontal banding/tonal variations run around the body near the neck and midsection, but there are no clear carved or painted motifs. A chip/loss is visible near the lower portion, suggesting fragmentary wear. No hieroglyphs, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text can be seen on the visible faces.

decorative New Kingdom (catalogue ground truth; exact attribution cannot be confirmed from the photo alone) good
Materials translucent pale stone (alabaster/onyx-alabastron material)possibly ceramic support is not indicated; appears stone overall

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Materials Alabaster
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