Bowl
Description
Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom, Dynasty 17–Early Dynasty 18, ca. 1635–1458 B.C. Faience. h. 5 cm (1 15/16 in); diam. 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in): th. 0.4 cm (3/16 in). From: Tomb CC 37, Burial 53, Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1912. Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926.
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.
Turquoise-blue faience bowl with a shallow concave interior and a dark, sawtooth-like band decorating the exterior rim area.
The image shows a small to medium-sized shallow bowl made of turquoise-blue material, likely faience. The interior is smooth and bright turquoise with subtle surface speckling consistent with glaze or frit. Along the outer rim, a band of dark markings forms a repeating triangular/sawtooth pattern. The base is not fully visible beyond a metal support or mount. No readable hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic inscriptions are visible in the provided view, and no cartouches or royal names can be identified. No specific deities are depicted.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247569 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.927 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 552433 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.