Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Partially Restored Oblique Lyre
Description
Wood (frame), bronze or copper alloy, (staple) Bronze
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 arched harp with wooden components.
The image depicts an ancient Egyptian arched harp, characterized by its distinctly curved neck and a resonator box. The harp is made primarily of wood and showcases a simple, utilitarian design typical of musical instruments from ancient Egypt. Notable features include the curved neck, which would have supported strings, and the box-shaped resonator that is a key element in sound amplification.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
wood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280296 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.10.504 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546960 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.