Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Lentoid Bottle ("New Year's Bottle")
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 round-bodied ancient Egyptian vessel with an inscribed design around the neck.
This artifact is a round vessel with a narrow neck and a flared rim, featuring an intricate inscribed pattern around the neck. The surface shows signs of wear but retains a cohesive appearance. The inscribed decoration includes geometric shapes which could be symbolic or decorative, indicating a possible ceremonial or functional purpose.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
ceramic
Connections
Materials
Ceramic
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116414545 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 40.9.5 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546079 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.