Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Large Ointment Jar with Lid
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.
An ancient Egyptian alabaster offering table or stand.
The artifact is a small alabaster stand or offering table with a round top and a flaring base. Its surface is smooth and polished, typical of the craftsmanship during the Pharaonic periods. Alabaster was commonly used for sacred objects due to its translucency and beauty.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
alabaster
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276550 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.8.1a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547626 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.
- 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.