Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Unguent Vase of Queen Kiya
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"
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)
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.