Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Cup fragment of Meriamon-Sheshonq, designated Sheshonq VI
Description
Faience
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 fragment of a faience vessel with hieroglyphic inscription and cartouche.
This artifact is a conical fragment of an ancient Egyptian faience vessel. The piece exhibits a rich blue-green color typical of faience, and features a hieroglyphic inscription within a rectangular cartouche. The cartouche is prominently displayed at the center of the fragment, indicating possible royal significance. The surface is partially worn, revealing a light brown core where the material has eroded.
hieroglyphic only
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
faience
Signs
cartouche
sedge
bee
Visible text
"nswt bjt"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116414513 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 48.87.3 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546002 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.
- 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.