Ointment Jar
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca. 1550–1458 B.C. Travertine (Egyptian alabaster). H. 13.6 cm (5 3/8 in.); Diam. 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.). From: Courtyard CC 41, Pit 3, Burial B 4, Between head of coffin and wall, Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1915–16. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1916.
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, pale stone vessel shaped like a flared cup on a narrow pedestal with a circular opening at the top, resembling an Egyptian ointment jar.
The image shows a single upright stone container photographed against a neutral gray background. The object has a rounded, slightly flaring body that narrows toward the base and sits on a simple circular foot. The top is an open circular mouth with a smooth interior, and there is a thin, slightly projecting rim. No carved decoration or legible painted markings are visible on the exterior in this view. The surfaces appear smooth and polished with subtle veining/texture consistent with a light-colored stone. There is no visible hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text, and no royal cartouche or deity iconography is apparent.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116252158 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.10.423 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 543971 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- 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.
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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.