Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Footed Amphora Inscribed for Amenhotep II
Description
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
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 alabaster vase with inscriptions and cartouches.
The artifact is an alabaster vase with a smooth, polished surface. It features two handles and a flared rim. The main decoration appears to be inscriptions containing hieroglyphs and cartouches, suggesting a royal connection. The piece is well-preserved and shows signs of craftsmanship typical of ancient Egyptian artisans.
royal
unknown
excellent
Materials
alabaster
Signs
cartouche ×2
Connections
Materials
Alabaster
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116275252 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 66.99.23 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548440 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.