Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel

Senwosret (?), Oil jar

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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.

An ancient Egyptian alabaster vessel with a simple, flared rim.

The artifact is a small vessel made of alabaster, exhibiting a simplistic design with a smooth, polished surface. It has a flared rim and a slightly tapered body, with visible bands of natural coloring inherent to the material. The style is minimalistic, typical of utilitarian objects from ancient Egypt.

unclear unknown excellent
Materials alabaster

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Materials Alabaster

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281256 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 34.1.159 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546454 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.