Jar, piriform
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca. 1550–1458 B.C. Travertine (Egyptian alabaster). H. 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.). From: Courtyard CC 41, Pit 2, Burial B 3, At foot of coffin, Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1915–16. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1916.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Photograph of a small piriform (pear-shaped) jar with a narrow neck and flared rim, carved from a light-colored stone.
The image shows a freestanding, pear-shaped vessel with a rounded body, a short, slightly flared rim, and a narrower neck leading into the body. The surface is smooth and polished, with subtle tool marks or natural striations and minor chips/scuffs near the rim and lower body. No painted decoration or carved relief is visible. The background is a plain neutral studio backdrop, and the jar is photographed centered, upright, and well lit, emphasizing the vessel profile rather than any inscriptions. No hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible on the jar in this image.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116252008 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.10.389a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544025 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.
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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.