Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Sealed Amphora Containing Oil
Description
Unfired clay, mud, linen
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 storage jar with inscriptions near the rim.
This artifact is a large, rounded storage jar featuring a well-defined neck and handles. The surface is made of a yellowish, possibly clay-based material, suggesting its utilitarian nature. Notably, there are inscriptions near the rim, indicative of labeling or identification, possibly for contents or ownership. The jar sits on a modern metal stand, providing support for display.
daily life
New Kingdom
good
Materials
clay
Signs
unknown signs
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245208 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 36.3.83 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545141 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.