Ointment Jar
Description
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
AI image analysis claude-haiku-4-5
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 simple ointment jar with flared rim and pedestal base, carved from translucent stone in a classic New Kingdom form.
This elegant vessel is crafted from fine travertine (Egyptian alabaster) in a refined, minimalist style characteristic of New Kingdom luxury items. The jar exhibits the canonical ointment jar form with a wide, flared rim and a pedestal base, creating a balance between functional capacity and aesthetic proportion. The stone is worked smooth with a subtle warm cream tone, showing excellent translucency in places. The interior of the vessel remains deep and undecorated, while the exterior surfaces are polished to a soft luster. No figural decoration or inscriptions are visible, indicating that the form itself—elegant in its geometric simplicity—served as the primary aesthetic statement.
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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