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 lid featuring hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The image shows a finely crafted alabaster jar and a separate round lid, both of which contain detailed hieroglyphic inscriptions. The jar's narrow, elongated shape is typical of ceremonial vessels. The hieroglyphs appear well preserved, suggesting high-quality craftsmanship typical of Egyptian art. Notably, the inscriptions include cartouches possibly indicating royal significance.
royal
New Kingdom
good
Royals
list of identifiable pharaoh names or cartouches
Materials
alabaster
Signs
reed ×3
ankh ×2
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247785 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 25.3.49a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544467 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.
- 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.