Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Cosmetic dish in the shape of a bound antelope
Description
Steatite
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.
An oval-shaped ancient Egyptian cosmetic palette with carved animal features.
The artifact is a brown stone cosmetic palette shaped like an animal, resembling a quadruped with a long neck, possibly a giraffe or an antelope. It has a flat, oval central area meant for grinding pigments, and intricate carvings suggestive of limbs and a head. The style is characteristic of early Egyptian craftsmanship, with emphasis on both functionality and aesthetic representation of wildlife.
decorative
Predynastic
good
Materials
stone
Connections
Materials
Stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116413438 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.8.84 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544048 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).
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