Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Storage jar
Description
Serpentinite
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 black stone vessel with incised hieroglyphs including cartouches.
The image depicts a vessel made of dark stone, possibly basalt, with a smooth, polished surface. The vessel is ovoid with a flat, flaring rim. On its front, there are incised hieroglyphs, including two cartouches containing royal names. The craftsmanship is indicative of careful and skilled carving, characteristic of vessels intended for high-status purposes.
royal
New Kingdom
good
Royals
Thutmose IIIAmenhotep II
Materials
basalt
Signs
cartouche ×2
Visible text
"nsw-bity mn-kpr-ra"
Connections
Found at
Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D
Royals
Thutmose IIIAmenhotep II
Materials
Basalt
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116274800 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.8.12 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548649 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.