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

Wide-necked jar and lid naming Thutmose III

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Description

Anhydrite, gold

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 alabaster vase with inscriptions and a separate base.

The artifact is a small alabaster vase adorned with gold rims on the top and base. It features inscriptions on its body. The vase and its base are finely crafted, suggesting its use in a ceremonial or high-status context. The style and material indicate it may have been a luxury item.

royal New Kingdom good
Royals Tutankhamun
Materials alabastergold
Signs Ankh Djed
Visible text "Ankh, djed, Tutankhamun"

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)
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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.
  • 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.