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Jar with Cartouches of Merneptah

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Description

Aragonite

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 light-colored ceramic/stone jar with side loop handles and two inscribed cartouche-like bands on the front shoulder/body.

The object is a small, rounded jar/vessel photographed against a dark background. It has two symmetrical, loop-style handles attached near the upper body. On the front (centered on the shoulder/upper body) there are two rectangular cartouche-like cartouches/bands containing hieroglyphic signs, arranged vertically. The inscriptions are worn but appear to include royal-name cartouches rather than decorative motifs. No other text is visible. No deities are clearly depicted; only hieroglyphic inscription blocks are present. The surface shows natural stone/ceramic texture and weathering rather than modern tool marks.

decorative New Kingdom, Ramesside (based on catalogue ground truth; inscription style appears compatible but not certain) good
Royals unknown (cartouches present; Merneptah not legible enough to confirm directly)
Materials stone-like body (exact material uncertain from image)
Signs cartouche-like royal name bands (hieroglyphs within rectangular cartouches) ×2
Visible text "Two vertical cartouche-like inscriptions on the front shoulder/body; specific signs not legible enough to transcribe."

Connections

Found at Valley of the Kings
Royals Merenptah

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116388672 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 23.5 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 549249 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.