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

Wide-necked jar and lid naming Thutmose III

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Vitreous material, gold. Jar h. 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); diam. 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.) lid: diam. 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.); th. 0.7 cm (1/4 in.). From: Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Fletcher Fund, 1920.

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 gold-toned wide-necked jar with a matching lid, decorated with painted/drawn hieroglyphs on the light-colored body.

The image shows a small, bulbous wide-necked vessel with a rounded shoulder and a flared base on a plain background. A cylindrical lid sits on the narrow neck; both neck/lid surfaces appear metallic and gold-colored. The lower body is covered by a lighter, pale/greenish-blue layer with a band of incised or painted hieroglyph-like signs spanning the visible area. The marks are too indistinct to confidently read or count individual signs. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No clearly identifiable cartouche or royal name is legible in the provided resolution, so specific identification with Thutmose III cannot be confirmed from the image alone. The visible palette and materials suggest a gold component on the upper parts and a vitreous/ceramic or vitrified coating on the body, consistent with the catalogue’s description.

decorative New Kingdom (as catalogued) good
Materials gold-colored metal/foil (lid and upper neck)vitreous or vitrified/light-colored coating on the body
Signs unreadable hieroglyphic signs (possibly including a royal naming element) ×8

Connections

Royals Thutmose III

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.