Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Ink saucer
Description
Slate
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.
An ancient Egyptian artifact, likely a ceremonial palette, with no visible inscriptions.
The artifact is a smooth, finely crafted object with a dark stone surface and an elongated, oval shape. It shows signs of ancient wear but maintains an even surface and clean edges. No detailed carvings or inscriptions are visible, suggesting it may have been a utilitarian or ceremonial object.
unclear
Predynastic
good
Materials
stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116248054 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.295 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544303 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.