ARTIC-EG
Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · vessel
Beaker of Nesi-Khons
Description
<p>The inscription on the cup contains the name of the "great chieftainess of the harem of Amen, Nesi-Khons," the wife of the high priest of Amen at Thebes, Pinodjem II. The beaker was found with 63 others in the famous cache of the royal mummies at Deir el-Bahari (Thebes).</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.411' rel='external'>Beaker of Nesi-Khons</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
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 cylindrical Egyptian beaker made of dark glazed faience, decorated with a rectangular panel of black-painted hieroglyphs on its front.
The image shows a single beaker with a slightly flared rim and straight sides. The surface is dark, speckled, and appears to have a glazed finish consistent with Egyptian faience. On the front, a centered rectangular cartouche-like frame contains two vertical columns of hieroglyphic signs painted in black. The signs are too blurred to read precisely, but the layout suggests an inscription naming a person. No other deities or iconography are visible. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.
decorative
unclear
good
Royals
Nesi-Khons (cartouche/inscription implied by catalogue; individual signs not legible enough to confirm visually)
Materials
Egyptian faience (glazed ceramic, dark speckled surface)
Signs
unknown hieroglyphic signs (two vertical columns within a rectangular frame) ×20
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
[Inscription] On the cup: great chieftainess of the harem of Amen, Nesi-Khons
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 48.411 tier-2
- Walters-id 38040 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (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.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.