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

Unguent Vase of Queen Kiya

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Description

Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)

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 vessel with inscribed cartouches.

The image depicts a round-bodied vessel with a wide, flat rim, displaying clear hieroglyphic inscriptions featuring cartouches. The vessel's surface appears smooth and well-preserved, showing signs of aging through patina. The inscriptions are darkened, probably filled in with a contrasting pigment to make them stand out.

royal New Kingdom good
Royals Thutmose
Materials limestone
Signs anx ×2 d
Visible text "Menkheperre"

Connections

Royals Thutmose
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116413617 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 20.2.11 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544530 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.