Vessel
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.
The image shows a small, reddish-brown ceramic pottery fragment shaped like part of an ancient vessel, with a hole (possibly a perforation or damage) near its upper area and a handwritten inventory number on top.
A small terracotta/pottery fragment is photographed against a dark background. The object appears to preserve only part of a vessel body: the surface is reddish-brown with visible fabric/porosity and irregular breaks along the edges. Near the upper central area of the fragment there is a dark circular hole, with additional chips/losses around it. An ink/painted handwritten number is visible on the upper surface (reads approximately “272/8” or similar), but this appears to be modern labeling rather than an ancient inscription. A museum scale label (“MANCHESTER 1824”) and a metric scale (centimeters) are included in the image; no clear ancient hieroglyphic text, royal cartouches, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic script are visible on the artifact itself.
Connections
Cross-references (3)
- Manchester-Accession 7718 tier-2
- Manchester-IRN 106772 tier-2
- Manchester-UUID 6bb62ea9-840c-3d80-89f3-0611fc8cee89 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Manchester Museum — Egypt and Sudan collection.
- 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.