Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
The upper portion from a palmiform-shaped fan
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 rounded, carved artifact with a crescent shape.
The image depicts a carved artifact with a distinctive crescent or semicircular shape. The object appears to be made of stone, has a rough texture, and shows signs of wear. There is a noticeable groove or indentation at the base of the crescent, which might have served a functional or symbolic purpose. The surface shows cracking, indicating age.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116414897 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.149 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546843 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.