Pen
Description
Roman Period, 30 B.C.–A.D. 364. Reed. L. 16 cm (6 5/16 in.). From: Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: EEF excavations 1902–03. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1903.
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 single reed-like writing implement shaped like a long pointed pen, photographed against a plain background.
A slender, straight object with a tapered point is depicted horizontally. The material appears light brown and fibrous/smooth like dried reed. One end has a clear pointed tip suitable for writing or drawing; the opposite end is blunted and rounded. No ink, inscriptions, carved markings, pigments, or legible hieroglyphs/Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are visible on the surface. No figures, deities, or cartouches are present because the object is only a simple implement.
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.