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Jar fragment, Ahmose-Nefertari

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep I, ca. 1525–1504 B.C. Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), discolored (gray). H. 9.4 × W. 7.8 × D. 2.5 cm (3 11/16 × 3 1/16 × 1 in.). From: Tomb AN-B, Dra Abu el-Naga, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations. Credit: Gift of the Earl of Carnarvon, 1921.

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 broken stone jar fragment with incised Egyptian hieroglyphs on the curved surface of the sherd.

The object is shown against a neutral gray background. It consists of a sizable, irregular fragment of a jar with a concave/curved profile, broken along multiple edges. The surface appears light gray to off-white, with weathering and some darker discoloration. On the upper right/front portion there is a small area of neatly incised hieroglyphic signs (ink-carved/engraved style) arranged in short lines; a vertical sign element and additional hooked/line signs are visible, though the full sequence is incomplete due to breakage and partial wear. No painted color, figurative decoration, or relief carving is clearly present beyond the incised signs. The image does not show any Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom (per catalogue ground truth; specific reign uncertain from the fragment). fragmentary
Materials stone (likely travertine/alabaster per catalogue description)discolored gray surface/patches
Signs Incised hieroglyphic signs (individuals not fully determinable from the fragment) ×10
Visible text "Incised hieroglyphs in one short register on the curved face; exact transcription unclear due to truncation."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Incised hieroglyphs in one short register on the curved face; exact transcription unclear due to truncation.

Connections

Found at Dra Abu el-Naga

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116425881 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 21.7.6 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 554483 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.
  • 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.