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

Ointment Jar from a Foundation Deposit of Hatshepsut

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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 ancient Egyptian alabaster vessel with inscriptions.

The image depicts a small, finely crafted alabaster vessel with a flat lid. The vessel features a slightly flared rim and showcases inscriptions on its surface. The carvings appear hieroglyphic in nature, indicative of ancient Egyptian artistry. The material's composition displays characteristic translucence and smoothness associated with alabaster.

funerary New Kingdom good
Materials alabaster
Signs wedjat eye ankh
Visible text "unknown"

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Royals Hatshepsut
Materials Alabaster

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116247817 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 25.3.45a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544463 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.