Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Wine jar with early <em>serekh</em>
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 tall, slender terracotta vessel with an engraved section.
The image depicts a tall, conical terracotta vessel with a rounded lip and narrow base. The surface is plain except for an engraved section which includes some hieroglyphic signs. The style is simple, indicative of practical use, with a smooth surface and minimalist decoration.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
terracotta
Signs
Djed pillar
Visible text
"𓈖𓂋𓏏𓊖"
Connections
Materials
Terracotta
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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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
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