Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry

Top Part of Walking Stick

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Description

Caption: Top Part of Walking Stick, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E.. Wood, pigment, Greatest diam. 1 1/4 x 17 5/8 in. (3.2 x 44.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.278E.

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A carved wooden artifact with visible hieroglyphs.

The artifact appears to be a long, narrow wooden piece with a column of hieroglyphic inscriptions. It is intricately carved, showing signs of age and weathering, yet the hieroglyphs are clearly visible. The style is typical of Egyptian woodwork used for inscriptions, possibly a part of a religious or funerary object.

hieroglyphic only unknown good
Materials wood
Signs unkown sign ×5

Connections

Found at Thebes
Materials Wood

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.278E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 116959 tier-2
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