Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Fragement from a jar with a label identifying contents as honey New KingdomMalqata
Description
Jar Label, honey. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Pottery, ink. H. 8.5 × W. 15 × Th. 0.6 cm (3 3/8 in. × 5 7/8 in. × 1/4 in.). From: Palace of Amenhotep III, Malqata, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1916–17. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1917.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
AI reading of the photograph
Visible text (machine reading)
Partial hieroglyphic text in black/dark ink within a band; exact transliteration not reliably legible from the image.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116419130 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 17.10.12 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 551905 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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.