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Jar Label

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Pottery and ink, paint. H. 13.7 × W. 9.4 × Th. 0.8 cm (5 3/8 × 3 11/16 × 5/16 in.). From: Palace of Amenhotep III, Malqata, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1917.

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 small, roughly triangular ceramic fragment with black painted marks in the form of Egyptian hieroglyphs, consistent with a jar label fragment.

The image shows a broken pottery sherd with a light buff/tan surface. On the face of the fragment there are dark (black/very dark brown) painted signs that resemble painted hieroglyphs arranged in a compact cluster. The paint is concentrated near the center and left, with individual rectangular and wedge-like strokes visible, including a framed/rectangular sign element. No complete cartouche or fully legible name is clearly preserved; the signs are partial due to breakage. No decorative figures, borders, or manufacturing marks are clearly visible beyond the painted inscription-like content. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom (as catalogued; exact reign unclear from the fragment) fragmentary
Materials paint (black pigment)pottery/ceramic (light tan fabric)
Signs Unidentified painted Egyptian hieroglyphic sign(s) (partial, incl. rectangular/framed element) ×8
Visible text "Partial painted hieroglyphs; no clearly readable cartouche or royal name preserved in this fragment."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Partial painted hieroglyphs; no clearly readable cartouche or royal name preserved in this fragment.

Connections

Found at Malqata
Materials Paint

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116439496 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 17.10.1134 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 564128 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.