Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Lotiform chalice
Description
Glass, 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 faience beaker with gold rim featuring hieroglyphs and cartouches.
The artifact is a well-preserved faience beaker with a gold rim, adorned with intricate hieroglyphic inscriptions. The design suggests fine craftsmanship, with hieroglyphs centered around a cartouche, indicating royal or ceremonial usage. The color scheme of vibrant blue faience and gold suggests luxury.
royal
New Kingdom
good
Royals
Ra
Materials
faiencegold
Signs
Cartouche
Visible text
"Ra"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246304 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 23.9 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544859 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.