Large Ointment Jar with Lid
Description
Jar, ointment. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Travertine (Egyptian alabaster). jar. h. 17.4 cm (6 7/8 in.); diam. 14.4 cm (5 11/16 in.); lid: diam. 13.9 cm (5 1/2 in.). Probably from: Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III (Wadi D, Tomb 1), Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1920.
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.
The image shows a pale, stone (alabaster-like) Egyptian jar with a wide flat rim and a matching lid, shaped like a tapered container on a small base.
The artifact is photographed frontally against a neutral background. It appears to be a cylindrical/stoppered jar: the body tapers slightly inward toward the middle and widens at the top, with a wide circular opening under a separate lid. The lid is shallow and flat with a smooth, rounded edge. The surface is light beige to cream, with subtle polishing and small inclusions or hairline surface flaws consistent with carved stone. No painted decoration or carved relief is visible. There are no readable hieroglyphs or other scripts on the visible faces. No cartouches, royal names, or divine iconography can be confirmed from this image.
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.
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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.