Manchester Museum — Egypt and Sudan collection · vessel

Vessel

Manchester Museum — Egypt and Sudan collection, acc. 10294. See the source record for rights. Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 10294
Find spot: Armant, Upper Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Predynastic Period
Date: Predynastic Period
Date range: 4500 BCE – 3100 BCE
Materials: ['Pottery']
Height: 2.3 cm
Width: 2.1 cm
Repository: Manchester Museum
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Manchester Museum — Egypt and Sudan collection, Vessel (10294). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/17637

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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.

A small broken terracotta/pottery fragment shown against a dark background, with no clearly readable inscriptions visible on the surface.

The image shows a single small object photographed on a dark (likely slate or fabric) background. The fragment appears reddish-brown (consistent with fired clay) and has a rough, chipped break on one corner. Several incised grooves/linear markings run across the visible face; however, they do not form clearly identifiable hieroglyphs or any legible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text in the photograph resolution provided. No cartouche, royal name, or figurative decoration is clearly discernible. A measurement scale and the Manchester Museum label are visible in the lower portion of the image; these are not part of the artifact.

decorative Predynastic Period (per catalogue) fragmentary

Materials Pottery (terracotta/clay)

Connections

Found at Armant

Cross-references (3)

Manchester-Accession 10294 tier-2
Manchester-IRN 107660 tier-2
Manchester-UUID dc6637dc-4c66-32ac-b69e-67c1accbc4ce 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.
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.