Large rough ware jar
Description
Jar, Rough ware. Predynastic Period, ca. 4500–4000 B.C. (?). Pottery. From: Cemetery B, Tomb B250, Abadiya, Northern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: EEF excavations 1898–99. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899.
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.
The image shows a small-to-medium, rough, brown ceramic vessel with a flaring rim and a pointed/rounded base, presented on a metal stand. A small, red painted marking appears near the lower portion of the vessel.
The artifact is a hand-made pottery jar with a wide, slightly irregular flaring mouth. The body is tapered toward the bottom, ending in a rounded point. The surface is coarse and sandy with uneven coloration typical of rough ware; no slip or formal decorative banding is clearly visible. Near the lower front area, there is a small red pigment/paint mark. The jar is displayed upright on two bent metal supports that brace the base area. No legible hieroglyphs, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text are visible on the jar; the red mark is not clearly identifiable as writing.
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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.
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