Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Fragment of a quiver (?)
Description
Leather (cattle hide), dye (red madder)
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.
Fragment of a woven or braided artifact with geometric patterns.
The artifact appears to be a fragment of an ancient Egyptian woven or braided material. It features a series of repeating geometric patterns, possibly indicative of decorative or functional design. The piece shows variation in color, likely due to the use of different materials or dyes. Notably, the object presents intricate craftsmanship, potentially suggesting its relevance in a cultural or daily life context.
decorative
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
leatherfabric
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245408 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 28.3.5 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545110 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.