Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Storage Jar Embossed with the Hathor Emblem
Description
Pottery, slip, 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 ceramic amphora with painted motifs and an applied face feature.
The artifact is a large ceramic amphora that features both painted designs and an applied face element near the top. The decoration includes geometric motifs in blue and red tones, possibly indicating stylistic elements from a specific period. The surface shows signs of age but remains largely intact.
decorative
Ptolemaic
good
Materials
ceramic
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280783 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 12.180.31 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546754 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- 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.
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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.