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

Jar

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Marl clay A3, "Qena clay"

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.

Simple, unadorned pottery vessel.

The image depicts a plain, undecorated pottery vessel, likely used for everyday storage or transport. It is cylindrical with a slightly rounded bottom and a small, slightly flared rim. The surface is smooth and uniformly beige, showing no visible inscriptions or decorative elements.

daily life unknown excellent
Materials clay

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Materials Clay
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.