Fan fragment
Description
Late Period, Saite, Dynasty 26 or later, 664 B.C. or later. Palm leaf. L. 9.6 × W. 7.7 cm (3 3/4 × 3 1/16 in.). From: Khokha, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1928.
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, curved fragment of a bound palm-leaf Egyptian fan with dyed/painted panels; only the edge and woven slats are clearly visible.
The image shows a shallow, crescent-shaped fragment consisting of numerous narrow, vertical slats bound together. The slats appear to be woven/stacked palm-leaf or similar plant fiber, with sections tinted in pale cream/white and red/orange (some areas look painted or dyed). Along the right edge and the inner portion of the curve, small rectangular end pieces protrude, suggesting the original fan’s ribbing or binding. There is no clearly legible hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text; no cartouches or royal names are visible. No explicit depiction of deities is present; the fragment is purely structural/ornamental. The object is best matched to the catalogue description as a “fan fragment,” though the photo does not show enough ornamentation to confirm any specific late-period style beyond general fan construction.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116726808 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 28.3.126 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 552550 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.