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Perfume Vessel in the Shape of Two Trussed Ducks

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 27.9.1. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 27.9.1
Find spot: Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Second Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 17
Date: ca. 1580–1550 B.C.
Date range: 1580 BCE – 1550 BCE
Materials: ['anhydrite', 'eyes inlaid with a porous material inside copper rims']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Perfume Vessel in the Shape of Two Trussed Ducks (27.9.1). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/249

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Description

Late Second Intermediate Period, Dynasty 17, ca. 1580–1550 B.C. Anhydrite, eyes inlaid with a porous material inside copper rims. H. 17.1 × W. 15.4 × D. 9.3 cm (6 3/4 × 6 1/16 × 3 11/16 in.). From: Tomb near the Ramesseum (?), Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Mond excavations (?), 1902–1925. Subject: Ducks. Credit: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1927.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A small white stone perfume vessel shaped as a pair of trussed ducks, shown front-on with arched wings and a closed, tapering spout-like neck.

The image shows a compact, light-colored vessel with an upright neck and two large, curved wings spread to either side, characteristic of a duck-shaped form. The lower body is bulbous and the two “legs”/tail supports are modeled in a way that suggests a paired bird composition; shallow linear incisions and feather-like ridges run down the central body and along the right side. A narrow opening is visible at the top of the neck. Small dark inlays mark an eye or eye-like detail on the right-hand bird; the left eye is not clearly visible. No identifiable pigment text, cartouches, or inscriptions are present on the surface. The object appears worn with minor chips and surface staining, and some small losses around the wing and body contours.

royal Late Second Intermediate Period (as in catalogue); exact sub-period uncertain from image alone. good

Materials light-colored stone (appears consistent with anhydrite)

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Found at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna

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