Brush
Description
Late Period or later, 664 B.C. or later. Grass, palm leaf. L. 21.3 × W. 17 cm (8 3/8 × 6 11/16 in.). From: East of Pabasa, Embalmer's Cache C, Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1929–30. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1931.
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.
The image shows a bundled brush made from dried plant fiber, with multiple narrow stalks forming a fan-shaped head and a wrapped handle.
A brush-like object is depicted in profile against a plain background. On the left, the handle is constructed from pale, flat plant strips that are folded and tightly wrapped into a spiral/twisted grip. Several additional bundles of thin, straw-like stems extend from the wrapped section, forming a broad, broom- or fan-shaped head; the ends of the stems are unevenly cut and protrude outward. There is no visible painted decoration, carving, or associated figure. No hieroglyphs, cartouches, or other text markings are visible on the brush or its wrapping.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116726807 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 31.3.132 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 552554 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.