Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Fragment from a Mosaic Bowl
Description
Red porphyry
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 small fragment of a polychrome Egyptian artifact.
The artifact fragment is small and exhibits a vibrant mix of colors including blue, yellow, and a hint of purple. It appears to be a piece of faience, known for its bright glazed finish. The fragment lacks any visible inscriptions or carved decorations, and its shape is irregular due to being a broken piece.
decorative
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116388934 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.1165 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548498 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.