Inscribed Pot Fragment
Description
Jar label. Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom, Dynasty 17–18, ca. 1580–1479 B.C. Pottery, whitewash, ink. H. 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.). From: Pit MMA 1017, embalming cache, Southern Asasif, unfinished temple area, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922.
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.
A broken fragment of an inscribed ceramic vessel covered with a whitewash layer, with faded dark ink or pigment forming partial hieroglyphic signs.
The image shows a single, roughly triangular/irregular sherd with a thick white coating (likely whitewash) over the pottery body. On the coated surface are several lines of faded dark marks consistent with inked hieroglyphs; individual signs are only partially preserved, with some wedge-like strokes and curved elements that cannot be securely identified. No clear royal cartouche or deity figure is legible. The background is neutral gray under museum lighting, and no additional objects are visible. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is apparent.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116431285 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.3.368 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 555887 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.