Vase in the Shape of Mother Monkey with Her Young

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 small carved alabaster/travertine vessel shaped as a mother monkey holding her young, shown in profile with remnants of colored markings.

The image shows a compact, light-colored stone vessel carved in the form of a seated monkey. The head and torso are simplified but clearly animalistic, with a round muzzle and a small projection at the top that reads as part of the head/ears. The body is hollowed/formed to suggest a container, and the front shows a rounded belly area. On the left side of the body there are faint, incised or painted linear marks resembling hieroglyph-like strokes; however the shapes are too fragmentary to securely identify specific signs. The top surface has a small opening or depression consistent with a vessel mouth. No cartouches or clearly readable royal titulary are visible. No explicit deity iconography is present beyond the monkey form itself (which would relate to the “mother monkey” subject in the catalogue). The overall surface is worn and discolored in places, consistent with age and conservation.