Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Bowl
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.
A polished alabaster bowl with smooth, curved walls and natural banded patterns.
The artifact is a finely crafted alabaster bowl, showcasing the distinct natural banding and translucence typical of the material. The smooth surfaces and careful shaping indicate skilled workmanship, likely intended for ceremonial or high-status use. The bowl's simplicity suggests an emphasis on the beauty of the material rather than elaborate decoration.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
alabaster
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116235283 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 12.181.27 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548460 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.