Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Black-topped red ware jar
Description
Pottery
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 red pottery vessel with a distinct blackened rim.
The artifact is a red pottery vessel characterized by its bulbous base and narrow neck, with a blackened rim that provides a striking contrast. The surface appears smooth, with a few visible cracks, suggesting age. The vessel demonstrates typical features seen in ancient Egyptian pottery, possibly used for storage or ceremonial purposes.
unclear
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
pottery
Connections
Materials
Pottery
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116279853 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.2.19 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547280 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.