Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Terminal, possibly for a scepter, with the name of Meketaten
Description
Gold
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 gold vessel featuring hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a conical gold vessel with a vertical arrangement of hieroglyphs. The inscriptions are finely carved, indicating high craftsmanship. The style suggests an emphasis on elegance and luxury, reflecting the potential use in a royal or ceremonial context.
royal
New Kingdom
excellent
Royals
unknown
Materials
gold
Signs
Ankh
Reed leaf
Basket
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247539 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.8.372 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544687 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.