Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Kohl jar
Description
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.
A small, rounded alabaster jar with a flat base and narrow opening.
The artifact is a small alabaster jar characterized by its simple, rounded shape and flat base. It features a narrow, slightly elevated opening, suggestive of its use for holding precious substances like oils or perfumes. The jar is finely polished, showcasing the natural banding of the alabaster material.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
alabaster
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280075 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.10.431 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547037 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.