Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Vessel used as a septic filter
Description
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 fragmentary ancient Egyptian bronze vessel, likely used for storage or ceremonial purposes.
The object depicted is a fragmentary bronze vessel with a greenish patina, typical of oxidized bronze. The vessel's exterior is dotted with corrosion marks, indicative of age and prolonged exposure to the elements. The shape is incomplete, suggesting it was originally part of a larger object. Its placement on a wooden stand implies it is a museum display piece.
unclear
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280967 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.1013 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546617 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.