Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Ostracon
Description
Pottery, ink
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 fragment of pottery with visible ink inscriptions.
The image depicts a pottery shard with black ink inscriptions. The style suggests everyday script, likely from an administrative or personal record. The fragment is uneven, indicating it is part of a larger piece. The inscriptions are written in a flowing hand, typical of ostraca used in daily or administrative activities.
daily life
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
pottery
Signs
unknown ×5
Visible text
"unclear"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245035 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.305 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545176 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.