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

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

Description

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 photo of an ancient Egyptian pottery vessel.

The image shows a fragmentary pottery vessel with visible cracks. The surface appears to be smooth but shows signs of aging and wear. The vessel is likely handmade, typical of ancient Egyptian pottery used for daily purposes. Its color is uniform, suggesting it was left unpainted or the paint has worn off.

daily life unknown fragmentary
Materials clay

Connections

Materials Clay

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116282245 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 50.19.7 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546033 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.