Jar
Description
Predynastic Period, ca. 3850–2960 B.C. Pottery. Height: 10.6 x Diam: 4 cm (4 3/16 x 1 9/16 in.). From: Hierakonpolis (Nekhen), Southern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1936.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Photograph of a small, reddish-brown pottery jar with a rounded body and narrow neck, mounted on a simple metal stand.
The image shows a single ceramic jar centered against a plain light background. The vessel has a rounded, ovoid body, a short, narrow neck, and a slightly everted rim. The exterior surface appears smoothed and evenly fired, with darker reddish-brown tones and areas of mottled wear/oxidation. No painted decoration or molded relief is visible. The jar is currently supported by a gold-colored metal stand (two vertical supports with a curved element connecting them). No hieroglyphic inscriptions, cartouches, or any Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are visible on the vessel or stand. There are no visible depictions of deities or royal figures.
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.