Vase fragment
Description
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12–13, ca. 1981–1640 B.C. Faience. h. 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in); w. 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in). From: Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations. Credit: Museum Accession.
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.
An irregular faience vase sherd with a turquoise-blue glaze and dark decorative bands, shown against a plain background.
The object is a small broken fragment with a curved profile consistent with the body or rim of a ceramic/faience vessel. The visible surface is coated in a turquoise-blue glaze. A dark (blackish-brown) band runs along the lower portion of the fragment, and at the top there are vertical, dotted/triangular dark marks arranged above a curved line, resembling painted decorative motifs. The break surfaces show exposed, sand-colored/whitish material beneath the glaze. No legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or other inscriptions are clearly visible on the fragment, and there are no identifiable Greek/Coptic/Arabic texts.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276377 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number X.632.13 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 560593 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.