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

Lamp

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

Description

Coarse 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 small, round, ancient Egyptian pottery vessel with a wide neck.

This image depicts a round, ancient Egyptian pottery vessel characterized by a wide neck and broad body. The vessel appears to be made of reddish-brown clay with a rough surface showing signs of wear and age. Notable features include a small chip on the body, indicating its antiquity and use over time. The style suggests it could have been used for storage or everyday purposes.

daily life unknown fragmentary
Materials clay

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Materials Clay

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116235351 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 15.3.1388 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546714 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.