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

Model jar

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Description

Limestone, paint

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 small pottery vessel with a round body and a slightly flared rim.

The image depicts a small, round pottery vessel with a slightly flared rim and a simple, undecorated surface. The vessel is made of a reddish clay with some remnants of white slip or surface treatment visible. The overall composition is basic and utilitarian, typical of ceramics used for everyday purposes in ancient times.

decorative unknown good
Materials clay

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Materials Clay

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116280882 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 15.3.97 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546673 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • 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.