Throw Stick
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, second half, ca. 1400–1295 B.C. Ivory (tinted). L. 12.7 × W. 1.4 × Th. 0.7 cm (5 × 9/16 × 1/4 in.). Probably from: Upper Egypt, Thebes. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1919.
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, elongated ivory-colored object resembling a throw stick/dart-shaft, shown in side profile with a pointed/functional end and a rounded/terminated end.
The image depicts a single, narrow stick-like artifact laid horizontally on a neutral grey background. One end is shaped to a small projecting/rounded point or working tip, while the opposite end is more smoothly rounded/flattened. The surface appears smooth and slightly glossy, with visible light brown to pale orange tinting consistent with a carved or naturally colored ivory object. No decorative carving, figures, or readable inscriptions are visible on the photographed surface. The object’s overall form fits the catalogued category of a throw stick, though specific iconography is not discernible in this view.
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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.
- 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.