Manchester Museum — Egypt and Sudan collection · vessel

Vessel

Source of record: Manchester Museum — Egypt and Sudan collection — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

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.

A fragment of an ancient Egyptian artifact with visible hieroglyphic signs.

This is a small, irregular fragment of an ancient Egyptian artifact displaying a few hieroglyphic signs in relief. The piece appears to be made of limestone, featuring a rough texture with some signs of erosion. The visible hieroglyphs are cleanly incised but incomplete, which makes interpretation challenging. The artifact seems to have been part of a larger composition, likely mounted as part of a wall or pillar.

hieroglyphic only unknown fragmentary
Materials limestone
Signs unknown ×3

Connections

Found at Memphis
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (3)

  • Manchester-Accession 5248 tier-2
  • Manchester-IRN 106831 tier-2
  • Manchester-UUID 276c0613-5897-369d-b9e9-dc3fe94281d6 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.