Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Model Vase Inscribed for Nebseny, FIrst Prophet of Onuris
Description
wood, gesso, 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 jar covered with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a pottery jar featuring intricate black and white geometric patterns interspersed with hieroglyphic inscriptions. The hieroglyphs are carefully arranged in vertical columns, likely indicating a ceremonial or significant text. The jar exemplifies typical Egyptian artistic style with a focus on symbolic and decorative elements, suggesting its use in rituals or as a burial item.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
ceramic
Signs
reed ×5
quail chick ×3
tied papyrus scroll ×4
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281947 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 41.2.4 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546102 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.