Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Canopic jar of Kay Middle KingdomMeir
Description
Canopic jar, Kay. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981–1802 B.C. Linen covered with stucco. 11 7/16 in. (29 cm). From: Tomb of Kay, Meir, Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Khashaba excavations, 1910–11. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1911.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
AI reading of the photograph
Visible text (machine reading)
A vertical column of painted hieroglyphs on the front; individual signs and the exact name “Kay” are not clearly readable in this image.
Connections
Found at
Meir
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247998 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 11.150.18b.1–.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544328 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- 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.