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

"Opening of the Mouth" vessel of Perneb

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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

Connections

Found at Saqqara
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.