Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Lid for a Jar
Description
Faience, 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 decorated artifact, possibly a bowl or lid, with incised patterns.
The object appears to be a ceramic bowl or lid featuring incised geometric and linear patterns. It has a flat, circular shape with a slightly domed top. The surface shows some wear and discoloration, suggesting age or exposure. The markings seem to be abstract and decorative rather than representational.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
ceramic
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280869 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.3.132 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546683 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.