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Hieratic Jar Label

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Description

Jar Label, fat. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1353 B.C. Pottery. H. 24 × W. 23 × Dia. 9.5 × Th. 0.7 cm (9 7/16 × 9 1/16 × 3 3/4 × 1/4 in.). From: House 3 W, Malqata, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations. Subject: Hieratic. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1917.

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.

A small, yellowish pottery jar fragment with a large rectangular break exposing the interior and with black ink/paint hieratic signs written across the broken surface.

The object is a squat, rounded jar/label fragment shown front-on against a neutral background. The top is a rounded neck opening; the body is bulbous and shows wear and surface abrasion. A major break at the front exposes a cavity/interior, and the hieratic writing appears to be applied in black ink/paint along the break area and upper body, forming multiple horizontal lines of signs. The script is consistent with hieratic cursive rather than carved monumental hieroglyphs. No clearly legible royal name or cartouche is visible at this resolution. No figurative imagery of deities is present; only written labels/signs are visible. There is no Greek/Coptic/Arabic text visible.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom (catalogue ground truth); script appears hieratic typical of this period but exact reign cannot be read from the image. fragmentary
Materials potteryblack ink/paint
Signs hieratic cursive signs (unreadable fragmentary lines) ×40
Visible text "Hieratic text in multiple lines; exact transcription unclear/not reliably legible from the image provided."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Hieratic text in multiple lines; exact transcription unclear/not reliably legible from the image provided.

Connections

Found at Malqata
Materials Pottery

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116247690 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 17.10.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544510 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.