Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Kohl jar
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 simple form.
The artifact is a small alabaster jar featuring a rounded base and simple curved lip. The jar's surface is smooth and shows horizontal bands, likely a result of the carving process. It is accompanied by a slender, dark cylindrical object, possibly a tool or stopper. The jar does not display any visible inscriptions or detailed decorative elements, emphasizing its utilitarian function.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
alabaster
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280523 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.10.295 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546929 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.