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Wide-necked jar and lid naming Thutmose III

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Anhydrite, gold. H. 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in.); Diam. 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.); Lid: Diam. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.); Th. 0.5 cm (1 3/8 in.). From: Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Fletcher Fund, 1921.

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.

The image shows a small anhydrite jar with a flared neck and a matching lid, both with a visible gold rim/overlay. A small gold cartouche-like emblem with a royal name appears on the jar’s front.

Two-part object consisting of a wide-necked jar and a separate lid. The jar is light-colored (appears stone, consistent with anhydrite) with a polished surface and a gold-colored band around the base and mouth. The lid is also stone with a gold-colored rim. On the front of the jar, near the lower portion above the base, there is a small gold cartouche-like panel containing what appears to be hieroglyphic signs (details are too small to confidently read individual signs). No other legible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. The background is a neutral studio setting; no additional inscriptions are readable.

royal New Kingdom (consistent with Thutmose III naming jar) good
Royals Thutmose III (implied by the catalogue; specific cartouche text not confidently legible in image)
Materials stone (anhydrite appearance)gold (gold rims/overlay; gold inscription panel)
Signs cartouche-like royal name panel (hieroglyphic signs; exact reading unclear) ×5
Visible text "Unclear small gold cartouche-like hieroglyphic panel on jar front; individual signs not legible at this resolution."

Connections

Found at Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D
Royals Thutmose III
Materials Stone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116276541 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.8.35a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 547632 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
  • 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.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.