Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Headrest
Description
Hard 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 artifact resembling a headrest with a distinct curved shape.
The image depicts a curved, stone-like artifact that appears to be a headrest, commonly used in ancient Egyptian burial customs. The object has a smooth, possibly polished surface with visible weathering marks, indicating age. The curvature and style suggest a utilitarian design typical of personal items found in Egyptian tombs.
funerary
unknown
good
Materials
stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244060 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 19.3.125 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545469 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.