Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Wavy-handled 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 plain, undecorated ancient Egyptian pot with a rounded body and two horizontal handles.
The artifact is a large earthenware pot characterized by a simple, utilitarian design. It has a rounded body with a slightly narrowed neck and two small horizontal handles on opposite sides. The surface is unadorned, with a natural clay color and texture, indicative of common domestic ware from ancient times. There's a slight patina on the surface, suggesting age and use over time.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
clay
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116279800 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 36.1.82 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547295 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.