Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Large late ware storage jar
Description
Pottery
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 pottery jar with a lid.
The artifact is a large pottery jar that features a wide body tapering to a narrower base, typical of storage containers used in ancient Egypt. It has a simple design with a lid, indicative of its utilitarian purpose. The composition suggests it was handcrafted, with a plain clay finish and minor surface imperfections adding character. The jar is mounted on a display stand.
daily life
unknown
good
Materials
clay
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116279867 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 36.1.81 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547140 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.
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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.