Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Kohl Stick
Description
Wood
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 stone jar with a lid and a matching stone pestle.
The image depicts a small, polished stone jar with a lid, possibly used for cosmetics or ointments. The jar is crafted from a dark, marbled stone with visible veins and is accompanied by a matching pestle. The design is simple with smooth curves, showcasing skilled stonework typical of ancient Egyptian artifacts. There is no visible decorative motif or inscription on the surface.
unclear
unknown
excellent
Materials
stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280291 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.10.218c tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546962 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.
- 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.