Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
One of five bowls
Description
Bronze or copper alloy
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 simple, unadorned golden bowl.
The artifact is a plain bowl made entirely of gold, displaying a smooth surface with a slightly reflective finish. It is round with a simple, unadorned rim and lacks any carvings or engraved designs. The craftsmanship suggests a utilitarian object, but the material indicates it was likely valued highly.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
gold
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116413448 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 08.200.12e tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544136 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.