Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Ointment Jar from a Foundation Deposit of Hatshepsut
Description
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), paint
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 alabaster jar and its lid with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The image shows a well-preserved alabaster jar alongside its matching lid. The main body of the jar and the lid display hieroglyphic inscriptions. The jar features an elongated cylindrical shape, while the lid is flat and circular. The inscriptions are carefully carved and appear to be in good condition. The craftsmanship speaks to a period where such vessels were commonly used, potentially indicating a ritual or funerary purpose.
funerary
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
alabaster
Signs
Ankh
Djed
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247823 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 25.3.44a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544462 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.
- 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.