Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other

Jug with rope pattern

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Description

Crystalline and banded 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 ancient Egyptian vessel made of a stone material.

This is a globular alabaster vessel with a broad base, a narrow neck, and a single handle. The surface is smooth with a rope-like design near the neck. It reflects typical craftsmanship seen in vessels used during various periods of Egyptian history.

decorative unknown excellent
Materials alabaster

Connections

Materials Alabaster

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).
  • 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.