Libation Dish Depicting Ka-Arms Presenting an Ankh-Sign
Description
Dish, libation. Early Dynastic Period, Dynasty 1, ca. 3100–2900 B.C. Greywacke. w. 14.5 x h. (depth) 3.5 x l. 17.6 cm (5 11/16 x 1 3/8 x 6 15/16 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Ankh. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1919.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A greywacke libation dish with a central circular well and projecting elements, shown from an angled side view.
The object appears to be a carved stone dish with a shallow, rounded central basin. From the basin’s perimeter extend broad, flat projections forming a stylized frame, and additional raised elements near the rim that resemble arms/props associated with ka-figural motifs. The surface is worn/abraded but preserves the overall dish form: a circular depression surrounded by a thick border and two protruding rectangular/wing-like ends. No readable hieroglyphs, cartouches, or modern inscriptions are visible in the provided image. No deities are explicitly identifiable; the iconography is limited to the dish’s sculpted motifs. The visible material color and texture are consistent with the catalogue’s greywacke description.
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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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