Piriform jug with cartouche of Thutmose III

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 dark, metallic-looking piriform jug with a handle and a rectangular cartouche-like inscription painted/incised on the front.

The object is a piriform (pear-shaped) vessel with a narrow neck and an arched strap handle on the left side. Its surface is highly burnished and dark, with visible lighter patches and reflections suggesting mineral/stone polish or weathering. On the front of the body, there is a roughly rectangular field containing an Egyptian cartouche-style grouping of signs in a pale/etched line. The cartouche-like motif includes multiple vertical and horizontal strokes, including at least one enclosed hoop-like element near the upper portion, but the individual hieroglyphs are not clear enough in this image to securely read or assign specific Gardiner numbers. No additional legible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. The overall form matches a New Kingdom stone vessel type, but the exact royal name is not reliably readable from the available resolution.