Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other

Bottle

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Description

Roman Period, A.D. 2nd–3rd century. Glass. H. 20.8 cm (8 3/16 in.), Diam (of mouth): 5.1 cm (2 in.). (none assigned): Maghagha, Middle Egypt. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1912.

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 greenish glass bottle with a narrow neck and flared rim, shown in a studio-style view against a neutral background.

The object appears to be a translucent, pale green glass bottle. It has a short, narrow neck rising into a slightly everted (flared) rim with a rounded lip. The shoulder transitions into a bulbous body. A single vertical handle-like element is visible on each side of the neck/upper body area, forming a strap-and-knuckle style shape, though details of attachment are unclear due to the smooth, glass-only surfaces. No painted decoration, relief, or carved inscriptions are visible. The body shows faint surface striations/scuffs and a slight unevenness consistent with old glass manufacture and age.

photographic documentation Roman Period (as catalogued) good
Materials glass

Connections

Found at Maghagha
Materials Glass

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116443869 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 12.182.79d tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 590600 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.