Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
"Opening of the Mouth" vessel of Perneb
Description
Dark stone
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 stone vase with a flared rim.
The artifact is a stone vase characterized by its simple yet elegant form with a distinct flared rim and a narrow neck. The surface shows signs of careful polishing, although it is devoid of any decorative elements or inscriptions. The stone appears to be of a dark gray hue, suggesting it might be made of a type of basalt or similar material.
unclear
unknown
excellent
Materials
stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116277357 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 14.7.92 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547092 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.