Inscribed shoulder jar with cartouche of Thutmose III
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Crystalline travertine jar, limestone lid. H. 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.); diam. 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.); Lid: diam. 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.); 1.8 cm (11/16 in.). From: Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Cartouches, Hieroglyphs. Credit: Fletcher Fund, 1919.
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 large stone shoulder jar with a pale cylindrical body and rounded rim, shown with a separate small lid on a neutral background.
The image depicts a cream-colored, carved stone jar with a rounded shoulder and domed top; a smaller, matching stone fragment is placed in the lower left, likely part of the lid. Faint hairline cracks and surface wear are visible across the jar. A painted or inked line of red-brown marks appears along the lower portion, but no clear hieroglyphs or cartouche are legible at this resolution. The jar’s surface texture suggests calcitic/stone material rather than ceramic, consistent with the catalogue description of a crystalline travertine jar; the lid appears similarly stone-like. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.
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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