Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Bottle illustrating Meritptah honoring Bastet New Kingdom, Ramesside PeriodTell Basta (Bubastis)
Description
Jar, offering scene. New Kingdom, Ramesside Period, Dynasty 19, Ramesses II or slightly later, ca. 1279–1213 BCE. Silver. H. 16.2 × Diam. 6.8 cm (6 3/8 × 2 11/16 in.). From: Temple of Bastet, ancient cache, Tell Basta (Bubastis), Eastern Delta, Egypt. Subject: Women, Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1907.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415422 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 07.228.19 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548315 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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