Decorated ware jar
Description
Jar, decorated ware. Predynastic, Naqada II, ca. 3500 B.C. Pottery, paint. H: 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.). From: Fort Cemetery (Hk 27), Tomb 6, Hierakonpolis (Nekhen), Southern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1934–35. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1936.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Photograph of a Predynastic decorated pottery jar with dark painted geometric/motif bands on the sides and a central painted design.
The object is a rounded, thick-walled pottery jar (or jar fragment) photographed against a neutral background. The exterior is covered with dark brown to black paint forming multiple vertical striped bands around the vessel. In the center/lower field there is a painted, symmetrical motif resembling a stylized seated/standing figure or sign (unclear due to stylization), framed by radiating or striped elements. A wide horizontal band of paint crosses the central motif. No legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or alphabetic text are visible. No metal/stone inlays are apparent; only ceramic fabric and painted decoration are visible.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116279862 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 36.1.131 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547143 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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