Fitzwilliam Museum — Department of Antiquities (Egyptian) · vessel

amphora

Fitzwilliam Museum — Department of Antiquities (Egyptian), acc. E.GA.4570.1943. See the source record for rights. Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: E.GA.4570.1943
Find spot: Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Roman
Date range: 1 CE – 100 CE
Repository: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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Fitzwilliam Museum — Department of Antiquities (Egyptian), amphora (E.GA.4570.1943). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/668

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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 ceramic/glazed amphora with two loop handles and a decorative banded motif, shown front-on with a rounded body and wide mouth.

The image shows an amphora-shaped vessel with a broad, slightly flared rim and an opening at the top. Two short loop handles rise from the shoulder on either side. The surface appears turquoise-green with weathering/scale-like wear, suggesting a glazed or mineral-colored coating over the ceramic body. Around the shoulder there is a prominent horizontal band with incised or relief-style patterns, including alternating segmented/linear elements and a central stylized curved motif resembling a wave or fish/serpent-like form (details are not fully certain). Below this band are additional horizontal rows of decoration, including a dotted/segmented register and a lower broad band. No clearly legible hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible in the photograph. No royal cartouches or named figures can be confidently identified.

decorative Roman (as catalogued); exact dating uncertain from image alone good

Materials ceramic (amphora body)turquoise-green glaze or mineral coating

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Materials Ceramic

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AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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