Kohl Jar
Description
Kohl jar, blue marble. Late Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, late-13 up to 1700 B. C., ca. 1850–1700 B.C. Anhydrite. H. 4 x Diam. 4.8 cm (1 9/16 x 1 7/8 in.). From: Tomb MMA 840, pit in portico, Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1912–13. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1913.
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, lidded stone jar with a rounded body and a flat, slightly domed lid, photographed against a neutral background.
The image shows a compact pottery/stone-like vessel in three-quarter view. The vessel has a broad, rounded (amphora-like) body that narrows slightly toward the base. A separate, flat-to-slightly-domed lid sits on top; the lid’s rim appears thicker than the lid surface. The surface is worn and abraded, with mottled light-to-gray/blue-gray coloration consistent with a hard stone. No carved decoration or legible hieroglyphic inscriptions are visible on the jar or lid. No cartouches, royal titles, or identifiable deity iconography are present. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116726726 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 13.180.19a–c tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 543982 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.
- 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.