Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Inscribed shoulder jar with cartouche of Thutmose III
Description
Crystalline travertine jar, limestone lid
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 Egyptian alabaster jar with a separate lid.
The image depicts an Egyptian jar crafted from alabaster, featuring a smooth, rounded body with visible natural veining and a wide, flat lid positioned next to it. The jar showcases the typical high-quality craftsmanship of Egyptian stone vessels, commonly used for storing precious oils or unguents. The separate lid suggests its original function in preservation.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
alabaster
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276545 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.8.15a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547629 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.