Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Charioteer's Whip of Itamun
Description
Wood, leather
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 ceremonial scepter or staff with a leather strap.
The artifact is a smooth, elongated scepter or staff, likely made from wood, featuring a slender form with slightly flared ends. A leather strap is attached, indicating it may have been carried or hung. The style and material suggest it could have been used in ceremonial contexts.
unclear
unknown
excellent
Materials
woodleather
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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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