Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Senwosret (?), Oil jar
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.
The image shows a small, well-preserved alabaster vessel, likely used for holding perfumes or oils. The vessel has a simple, elegant form with a smooth surface, typical of the New Kingdom style. Its slightly flared rim suggests careful craftsmanship. The color is a creamy white with subtle veining characteristic of alabaster.
decorative
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
alabaster
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281250 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 34.1.164 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546459 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.