Manchester Museum — Egypt and Sudan collection · vessel

Vessel

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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, conical/triangular ceramic vessel fragment photographed on a gray background next to a scale label and ruler.

A broken pottery object is visible at the top-center of the image, appearing as a fragment of a vessel with a slanted profile and a slightly rounded rim or lip area. The surface is mottled reddish-brown to grayish with visible abrasion consistent with age and handling; no painted decoration is clearly discernible at this resolution. A modern white label and metric scale (with “cm” markings) are placed below the object, indicating museum documentation. No clear hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is readable on the artifact in the provided image; there are only ambiguous marks that could be surface wear. No cartouches, royal names, or identifiable divine iconography are visible. The object is best described as a pottery vessel fragment, consistent with the catalogue description.

daily life Predynastic Period (as catalogued); exact dating unclear from image alone fragmentary
Materials Pottery/ceramic

Connections

Found at Hammamiya

Cross-references (3)

  • Manchester-Accession 7667 tier-2
  • Manchester-IRN 106769 tier-2
  • Manchester-UUID f0a86b9c-c2b5-3555-b2a4-8096cfd64866 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Manchester Museum — Egypt and Sudan collection.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.