Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Ointment Jar Inscribed with the Name of Thutmose IV
Description
Volcanic ash
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A stone vase with engraved hieroglyphs and a cartouche.
The artifact is a cylindrical stone vase featuring precise carvings of hieroglyphs and a prominent cartouche, indicating royal significance. The surface is smooth, suggesting skilled craftsmanship. The carvings are crisp and detailed, possibly depicting a pharaoh's name or title.
royal
New Kingdom
excellent
Royals
Tuthmosis III
Materials
limestone
Signs
bee
reed leaf
Visible text
"Men-Kheper-Re"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243189 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 66.99.26 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545896 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.
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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.