Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Model vase inscribed for Nebseny, First Prophet of Onuris
Description
Wood, 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.
An ancient Egyptian vessel with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The image depicts a limestone vessel, possibly used for storage or ceremonial purposes. It features a well-preserved inscription panel with hieroglyphs, indicating its importance. The vessel is bulbous with a rounded lid and shows signs of age with surface cracks.
hieroglyphic only
New Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
Signs
reed
owl
r
Visible text
"ḥtp dj nswt"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281957 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 41.2.3 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546101 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.