Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Kohl Jar
Description
Diorite, gold leaf
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 alabaster cosmetic jar with gold highlights.
The artifact is an elegant alabaster container, likely used for cosmetics or ointments. It features a striking pattern of black and white marbling and is accentuated with gold leaf around the rims. The craftsmanship indicates skilled artisanship typical of high-status objects. The composition and materials suggest it could be part of a burial assemblage.
funerary
New Kingdom
good
Materials
alabastergold
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276539 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.8.38a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547634 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.