Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
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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.
An ancient Egyptian ceremonial object with incised circular patterns.
The image depicts a fragmentary piece of a ceremonial knife or a ceremonial palette, likely made of ivory or bone. It features a series of incised circular patterns across its surface. The object’s design suggests it might have been used in a ritualistic context, possibly for ceremonial purposes. The missing section indicates it is not in complete condition, but the craftsmanship highlights the intricacy typical of Egyptian artifacts.
decorative
Predynastic
fragmentary
Materials
ivory
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280676 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.142 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546839 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.