Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Magic wand fragment
Description
Ivory
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 fragment of an ancient Egyptian artifact with partial inscriptions.
This artifact fragment seems to originate from a larger piece, with remnants of inscriptions visible on its surface. The fragment is unevenly broken, displaying signs of aging, and is made from a stone-like material. The inscriptions appear to be hieroglyphic, although largely faded, indicating wear over time.
hieroglyphic only
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Signs
unclear ×2
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280700 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.105 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546804 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.