Cosmetic jar
Description
Ointment jar. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, possibly slightly after the death of of Amenemhat IV, ca. 1805 B.C. Travertine (Egyptian alabaster). H. 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.); W. 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.). From: pit tomb CC 25, debris, Asasif, Birabi, 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, plain light-stone cosmetic jar shaped like a narrow conical cup with a flat base and everted rim.
The image shows a single ceramic/stone vessel photographed against a neutral gray studio background. The object is a compact jar with a short, slightly flared everted rim, tapering walls that form a conical profile, and a flat circular base. No painted decoration, carved relief, or visible inscription is apparent on the surface. The surface appears smooth with subtle mottling/veining consistent with pale light-colored stone. No hieroglyphs or other scripts are visible. No deities or royal names/cartouches are present.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116252197 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.1442 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 543958 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.