Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other

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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.

A cylindrical ancient Egyptian artifact with a reddish exterior.

The artifact is a cylindrical object displaying a reddish-brown hue, likely made from clay or a similar material. Its form and surface texture suggest it may have been a utilitarian object. The surface appears worn, with patches of discoloration indicating age and exposure. There are no visible inscriptions or decorative elements present.

unclear unknown fragmentary
Materials clay

Connections

Found at Dra Abu el-Naga
Materials Clay

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116280480 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 13.185.9 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546975 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.