Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Lamp
Description
Fine light red pottery
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 clay pot with a spout, possibly used for storage or ceremonial purposes.
The artifact is a small, round clay pot with an integrated spout on the side. Its surface is roughly textured, indicative of hand-crafting, and has a reddish-brown hue typical of baked clay. The pot’s simplicity and utilitarian design suggest it was used for everyday purposes or possibly in rituals. There is a visible hole on the side, which may have served as a spout or handle.
daily life
unknown
good
Materials
clay
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116235352 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.3.1387 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546713 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.