Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Headrest
Description
Wood
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 headrest made of stone.
The image shows a simple, yet elegant, stone headrest with a smooth, curved top designed to support the neck during sleep. It is composed of a base, a columnar support, and a concave upper part. The craftsmanship suggests utility with minimal decorative elements, typical for personal items from various periods.
daily life
unknown
good
Materials
stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280466 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.10.332 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546947 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).
- 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.