Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
White cross-lined ware bowl illustrating a hippo hunt
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 ceramic bowl with decorative patterns in white on a reddish-brown surface.
The artifact is a ceramic bowl featuring intricate linear and geometric patterns painted in white on its reddish-brown surface. The design is abstract, consisting of zigzags, circles, and interconnecting lines, indicating stylistic elements common in ancient pottery. The bowl is well-preserved and showcases skilled craftsmanship typical of its period.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
ceramic
Connections
Materials
Ceramic
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116279868 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 12.182.15 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547275 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.