Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Vessel lid in the form of a turtle
Description
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), paste
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, round artifact made from a light-colored stone with natural striations.
The artifact is a spherical vessel with a small spout and a hole for suspension. It is made from a stone with natural banded patterns, possibly resembling alabaster. The craftsmanship suggests it might have been used for holding liquids or as a decorative item. The surface shows minor wear but is overall well-preserved.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
alabaster
Connections
Materials
Alabaster
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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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.