Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Brewer's Vat of Queen Mother Ankhenes-Pepi
Description
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
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 ceremonial vessel with hieroglyphic inscriptions around its rim, mounted on a pedestal base.
The artifact is a stone vessel, likely alabaster, with a flared body and a tall grooved pedestal base. It features an inscribed band of hieroglyphs near the rim, which suggest a ritualistic or dedicatory function. The vessel exhibits fine craftsmanship with smooth surfaces and detailed carvings.
religious
Old Kingdom
excellent
Materials
alabaster
Signs
Ankh
Djed
was
other signs or cartouches ×3
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116252353 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 23.10.10 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 543893 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.