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Hes Vase

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose IV, ca. 1400–1390 B.C. Faience. H. 31.2 cm (12 5/16 in.); Diam. 8 cm (3 1/8 in.). From: Tomb of Thutmose IV (KV 43), Valley of the Kings, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Davis/Carter excavations 1903. Credit: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915.

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 turquoise-blue faience canopic-style or small ornamental vase with dark-blue/black painted incised decoration and faint hieroglyphs on the body.

The image shows a standing, narrow, bottle-like faience object with a flared neck and a domed/rounded rim. The upper rim and neck are glazed turquoise-blue with darker banding. The middle and lower body feature scattered dark, geometric and line motifs and what appear to be hieroglyphic signs/vertical text columns, though many details are unclear at this resolution. A darker band encircles the midsection, and additional decorative bands appear lower down. No clear royal name cartouche or distinct deity iconography is confidently readable. No modern labels or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are visible. The catalogue description as a “Hes Vase” is broadly consistent with the object being a faience vase-like item, but the legible “Hes” name is not clearly confirmable from the provided image.

decorative New Kingdom (catalogue ground truth; specific reign unclear from image) good
Materials faience (glazed turquoise blue)
Signs Unclear hieroglyphic signs/vertical text columns (individual signs not confidently readable) ×8
Visible text "Partial/unclear hieroglyphic text (details not legible enough to transcribe confidently)."

Connections

Found at Valley of the Kings
Royals Thutmose IV

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116235394 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.8.37a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544833 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.