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Canopic Jar of Manuwai New KingdomWadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D

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Description

Canopic Jar, Manuwai. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Limestone, blue paste. Overall height 36.2 cm (4 1/4 in.); Jar: H. 25.5 cm (10 1/16 in.); Diam. wo cm (7 7/8 in.); Lid: h. 13 cm (5 1/8 in.); d. 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.). From: Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1917.

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Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 547565). Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

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.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Hieroglyphic inscription present in multiple vertical registers; exact excerpt unreadable in provided image resolution.

Connections

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116276760 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 18.8.12a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 547565 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83911639 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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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.