Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Toilet vase
Description
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
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 small alabaster jar with a round body and a flared rim.
The artifact is a carved alabaster jar featuring a smooth, rounded body and slightly flared rim. The surface appears polished, showcasing natural veins and coloration variations typical of alabaster. No visible inscriptions or decorative elements are evident, suggesting it might have served a practical rather than ceremonial purpose.
unclear
unknown
excellent
Materials
alabaster
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280665 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.160 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546846 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.