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 small pottery vessel with a handle and intricate geometric patterns.
The artifact is a small, handle-bearing pottery vessel with a narrow neck and wide body. Its surface is adorned with a series of geometric incised patterns, possibly created with a comb tool, giving it a textured appearance. The color of the pot suggests it may be made of fired clay, typical of ancient Egyptian pottery work.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
clay
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245708 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.210 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545041 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.