Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Basket
Description
Palm Leaf
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 woven Egyptian basket with a lid.
This artifact is a basket with a dome-shaped lid, meticulously woven from natural fibers. The circular pattern and uniform texture suggest skilled craftsmanship typical of utilitarian objects from ancient Egypt. The basket's form and structure are well-preserved, displaying minimal wear or damage.
daily life
unknown
excellent
Materials
natural fiber
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246329 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.3.16a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544843 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.