Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Decorated ware box illustrating rows of flamingos
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 rectangular ceramic object with intricate geometric patterns.
The artifact is a rectangular ceramic piece featuring geometric patterns, including lines and wavy shapes, in a reddish-brown color painted on a light base. The design is symmetrical and repetitive, covering the main surface and extending to the sides. Some cracks are visible, suggesting age or wear.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
ceramic
Connections
Materials
Ceramic
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116277934 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 10.130.1175 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547265 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.