Basket with Lid
Description
Basket, lid (contained 22.3.65c-h). Late Period, Dynasty 25–26, ca. 712–525 B.C. Palm fibre, reed. Diam. 6 × H. 5.8 cm (2 3/8 × 2 5/16 in.). From: Temple of Mentuhotep II, Court, among intrusive burials, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922.
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 woven basket with a matching domed lid, made from light-colored plant fibers, photographed against a plain background.
The image shows a rounded, basket-like container with a tight woven pattern of interlaced strips. A domed lid sits on top, also woven and secured with darker bands/cord-like elements near the lid’s rim. The lid and body appear constructed from similar reed/palm-fiber material, with the weave forming a regular crisscross lattice across the surfaces. No painted decoration, metal fittings, or tool marks are clearly visible. There are no visible hieroglyphs or other scripts, and no cartouches or royal names can be seen. The object matches the catalogue description of a basket with lid; the only notable discrepancy is that the exact fiber type (palm fiber vs. reed) cannot be verified from the image alone, though the woven plant-fiber construction is consistent.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247207 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.3.65a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 552485 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.
- 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.