Jug with rope pattern
Description
Jug, rope pattern. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Crystalline and banded travertine (Egyptian alabaster). H. 20.7 cm (8 1/8 in.); diam. 15 cm (5 7/8 in.). From: Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. 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.
Photograph of a pale stone jug with a rounded belly, narrow neck, and a single handle attached to the neck/upper body. The surface is smooth with a light-colored finish; no legible inscriptions are visible.
The object is shown front-facing against a neutral gray background. It has a globular/pear-shaped body with a rounded base, a short, cylindrical neck, and a slightly flared rim. A strap-like handle emerges from the neck area on the right side, curving upward and then down to the shoulder/upper body; the handle opening/void is clearly visible. The surface appears uniformly light cream to off-white, with subtle stone veining/grain but no clear carved decoration or hieroglyphic elements. A darker/paint-like line or groove is visible around the neck/shoulder transition, possibly a manufacturing groove or band. No Greek, Coptic, Arabic, or Egyptian hieroglyphic text is legible. The overall form supports the catalogue attribution as a jug, though the specific “rope pattern” decoration is not clearly discernible in this image.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276542 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.8.18 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547631 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).
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