Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel

Wavy-handled jar

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

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

Connections

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)
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.