Bottle-necked jar
Description
Jar, bottle necked. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 13, ca. 2030–1640 B.C. Pottery. H. 20.3 × Diam. 8.5 cm (8 × 3 3/8 in.). From: Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1915–16. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1932.
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 small, light-colored ceramic bottle- or jar-like vessel with a narrow neck and rounded lower body, shown upright against a plain background.
The image shows a pale, off-white pottery vessel resembling a bottle-necked jar: a globular/rounded body with a pronounced narrow neck, and a short, slightly everted rim at the top. The vessel is mounted on a simple metal stand/holders (gold-colored metal loops/legs) that support it in an upright position. Surface wear and small chips/scuffs are visible, especially around the neck and rim. No painted decoration, carved relief, or legible hieroglyphs are visible on the vessel in this image. There is no clearly visible cartouche, royal name, or inscription. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is apparent.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280623 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 32.3.209 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546872 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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