Ritual tool for the "Opening of the Mouth" ceremony
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Wood. l. 27 cm (10 5/8 in). From: Temple of Hatshepsut, Foundation Deposit 3 (C), Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1923–24. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1925.
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 carved wooden implement shaped like a curved rod with a flat, squared end, photographed against a light background.
The image shows a single small wooden ritual tool lying horizontally. It has a long, gently arched body that tapers slightly toward the left end; the right end terminates in a squared block with a notch/slot cut on its underside. No carved decoration, inlays, or painted details are clearly visible at this resolution. The object does not display legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or any clear text. There are no visible deity attributes or iconographic figures; the form reads primarily as a functional implement rather than a labeled inscription piece.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247825 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 25.3.42 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544460 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- 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.