Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Wide-necked jar and lid naming Thutmose III
Description
Vitreous material, 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 decorative Egyptian vessel with intricate gold and faience design.
The artifact is a beautifully crafted vase featuring a gold upper section and a faience body, adorned with detailed hieroglyphic and pictorial designs. The workmanship suggests it was a valuable item, possibly used in ceremonial or elite contexts. The inscriptions are well-preserved, indicating significance in Egyptian culture.
decorative
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
goldfaience
Signs
water ripple ×2
reed leaf ×3
Visible text
"nTr nfr nb tAwy"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116235399 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.8.34a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544858 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.