Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Cylindrical Jar
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, cylindrical terracotta vessel.
This image shows a tall, cylindrical vessel made of terracotta. The vessel's surface has a uniform, earthy color with some mottling and minor surface wear, indicative of age. The rim is slightly wider than the body, suggesting it could have been used for storage. This style is simple yet functional, typical of utilitarian objects in ancient Egypt.
daily life
unknown
good
Materials
terracotta
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116235285 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 12.187.5 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548464 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.