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

Toilet vase

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Description

Serpentinite (green)

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 stone vessel with a speckled pattern.

The artifact is a conical-shaped stone vessel, notable for its speckled appearance. The stone used appears to be finely worked with a flared rim and a tapering base, showcasing the craftsmanship typical of ancient Egyptian stone vessels. The vessel's surface has a unique speckled pattern, possibly indicating the type of stone used, and it appears to be well-polished.

unclear unknown excellent
Materials stone

Connections

Found at Asasif
Materials Stone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116280071 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 16.10.461 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 547039 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.