Globular necked jar
Description
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
AI image analysis claude-haiku-4-5
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.
Two vessels displayed together: a dark cylindrical vase with a flared rim on the left, and a white globular jar with a narrow neck on the right, both carved from stone.
The image shows two stone vessels in a museum display. The left vessel is a dark (possibly granodiorite or similar dark stone) cylindrical form with a gently flared rim, featuring a smooth polished surface with visible patina. The right vessel is a globular jar carved from translucent white travertine (Egyptian alabaster), characterized by its bulbous rounded body, narrow cylindrical neck, and flared rim. The travertine vessel shows the distinctive soft, slightly translucent quality of alabaster when carved thin, with a warm white hue. Both vessels demonstrate skilled stoneworking typical of Middle Kingdom–New Kingdom Egyptian craftsmanship, with simple, elegant proportions suited to funerary or domestic use. The vessels appear to be displayed together as comparative or complementary examples of Egyptian stoneware.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116252221 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 10.130.1261 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 543950 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- 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.