Fitzwilliam Museum — Department of Antiquities (Egyptian) · vessel

alabastron

Source of record: Fitzwilliam Museum — Department of Antiquities (Egyptian) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

An alabaster canopic jar with a plain surface.

The artifact is an alabaster canopic jar, characterized by its smooth surface and rounded, elongated shape. It lacks any visible inscriptions or decorative elements, typical of some burial artifacts used to store the internal organs of the deceased in ancient Egypt. The jar does not have a lid visible in the image, and the shape suggests it could have been used in a funerary context.

funerary unknown good
Materials alabaster

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Found at Egypt
Materials Alabaster
About this record's data
  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Fitzwilliam Museum — Department of Antiquities (Egyptian).
  • 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.
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