Tiny bowl
Description
Neolithic Period, Buto–Merimda–Maadi, ca. 4500–4000 B.C. Pottery. L. 5.6 × H. 4 × W. 4.4 cm (2 3/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 3/4 in.). From: Merimda Beni Salama, Western Delta, Egypt. Excavation: Vienna Academy of Science excavations 1929–30. Credit: Gift of Albert Rothbart, 1933.
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.
A small, handmade ceramic bowl (or bowl fragment) with a rounded rim and plain, unpainted exterior, shown in a studio setting against a neutral background.
The object is a tiny, squat vessel with a weathered, reddish-brown surface and a thick rim. The form appears to be a simple open bowl with no visible decorative motifs, inscriptions, or applied handles. The exterior shows irregular smoothing and small inclusions in the clay; the surface is abraded and uneven, suggesting age and handling. No hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible on the piece or in the image.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415080 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 33.4.42 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547168 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.