Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Kohl Jar and Lid
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.
An ancient Egyptian alabaster jar with a lid.
The artifact is a small, finely-crafted Egyptian jar made of alabaster, showing smooth, polished surfaces and a uniform, light color. Its rounded body and fitted lid suggest it may have been used for holding oils, perfumes, or other precious substances. The craftsmanship hints at a period where stone vessels were commonly used and valued.
decorative
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
alabaster
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280638 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.10.239a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546891 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.