Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Piriform Jar Inscribed with Hatshepsut's Titles as Queen
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 alabaster jar with an inscription.
The artifact is a well-preserved alabaster jar featuring a narrow neck and a flared rim. The surface is smooth, and there is a rectangular incised area with visible hieroglyphic inscriptions. The craftsmanship suggests careful carving, characteristic of fine stonework in ancient Egypt.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
alabaster
Signs
unknown ×3
Visible text
"unknown"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276547 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.8.8a tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547628 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.