Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Jar
Description
Pottery
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 pottery vessel with a rounded body and narrow neck.
The artifact is a ceramic vessel characterized by its rounded, bulbous body and a narrow neck that flares at the rim. The surface displays simple decorative bands, likely applied with a slip. The vessel exhibits a rustic, utilitarian style typical of everyday objects in ancient Egypt. Its condition is good, with no significant chips or cracks visible.
daily life
unknown
good
Materials
ceramic
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280241 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.10.277 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546920 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.