Pen
Description
Roman Period, 30 B.C.–A.D. 364. Reed. L. 7.6 cm (3 in.). From: Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: EEF excavations 1904–05. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1905.
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, tapered brown implement resembling a reed pen with a pointed tip and a rounded/bordered end, with faint traces of red pigment near the tip.
The image shows a single small artifact against a light background. It is horizontally oriented with a long, narrow rectangular-to-elliptical body that narrows to a pointed tip on the left. The surface is brown/tan, consistent with reed or plant material, and there are faint red or reddish-brown markings near the upper central region and/or close to the tip. No carved or painted hieroglyphs, cartouches, or legible text are visible on the photographed surface. No deities or royal names can be identified from this image. The object appears to be an organic writing tool rather than a sculpted or inscribed monument.
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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.