Cosmetic jar with lid
Description
Ointment jar, lid. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, possibly slightly after the death of of Amenemhat IV, ca. 1805 B.C. Travertine (Egyptian alabaster). H. 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.); Diam. 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.). From: pit tomb CC 25, debris, Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1910. Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926.
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, yellowish stone cosmetic jar with a flared rim and a short, thick body, shown standing upright with a matching lid-like top form.
The image shows a single carved stone vessel in a studio setting on a neutral gray background. The object is cup/jar-shaped with a flared rim at the top and a tapering body that becomes narrower toward the base. The top appears closed by a shallow, flat circular element consistent with a lid. The surface is smoothly polished with subtle veining and color banding, predominantly yellow/amber with lighter horizontal streaks near the middle. No painted decoration, relief, or inscriptions are clearly visible on the photographed surfaces. No cartouches, deity figures, or other iconography can be confidently identified from this view.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116252205 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.1440a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 543956 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.