Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Ointment Jar with Lid
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 canopic jar with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a canopic jar made from alabaster, featuring inscribed hieroglyphs on its surface. The jar is well-preserved, cylindrical in shape, with a slightly wider top and a flat lid also adorned with inscriptions. The hieroglyphs are carved neatly, showcasing typical Egyptian artistic style with emphasis on clarity and symmetry.
funerary
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
alabaster
Signs
reed leaf ×3
sitting man ×2
water ripple
Visible text
"ḥr (tpj) nfr"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247809 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 25.3.47a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544465 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.