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Large Krater with Strap Handles

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Description

Jar, strap handles. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Travertine (Egyptian alabaster) (crystalline and banded travertine, CL 2003). H. 22.8 cm (9 in.); diam. 17 cm (6 11/16 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, 1917.

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 photographed, alabaster-like (travertine) vessel with a broad rounded body and a flared neck, with strap-handle terminals on either side.

The image shows a single large Egyptian ceramic/stone(?) krater-shaped vessel photographed against a plain neutral background. The vessel has a wide, globular lower body tapering slightly toward the base, a narrower cylindrical neck with a slightly flared rim, and two short strap-handle projections at opposite sides of the upper body/neck area. The surface appears polished and light yellow-beige with natural banding/mineral veining and visible stone cracking/crazing consistent with crystalline travertine or alabaster. No carved relief, paint, or clear hieroglyphic ornamentation is visible on the photographed faces, and no cartouches or royal name inscriptions are discernible. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.

royal New Kingdom (per catalogue ground truth) good
Materials travertine (crystalline/banded, light yellow-beige)

Connections

Found at Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116276548 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.8.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 547627 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.