Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Spindle Bottle
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.
A tall, slender ancient Egyptian amphora-shaped pottery vessel.
The image depicts a tall, slender amphora-style vessel with an elongated body that tapers to a narrow base. It features a single handle attached near the narrow neck and is supported by a modern brass stand. The surface is smooth and appears to be made of terracotta, exhibiting a natural reddish-brown color typical of ancient Egyptian pottery. The vessel is free from decorative patterns or inscriptions, suggesting its use was likely utilitarian.
daily life
unknown
excellent
Materials
terracotta
Connections
Materials
Terracotta
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116275251 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.8.206 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548445 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.