Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
White cross-lined ware bowl
Description
Pottery, 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.
A small, ancient Egyptian bowl with a distinct reddish-brown color and a blackened patch.
The artifact is a small, shallow bowl crafted from a reddish-brown stone typical of Egyptian material culture. The bowl's surface shows a smooth finish, except for a section with a blackened patch, possibly due to exposure to heat or soot deposition. Its simplicity in form and construction suggests utilitarian use.
daily life
unknown
good
Materials
stone
Connections
Materials
Stone
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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.
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