Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Sledge from mortuary complex of Senwosret I
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.
A wooden sledge used in ancient Egypt.
This artifact is a wooden sledge featuring two parallel runners connected by crossbars. The runners are cylindrical at their ends to reduce friction and enhance movement over surfaces. The wood shows signs of wear and aging, suggesting extensive use.
daily life
unknown
good
Materials
wood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244056 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 24.1.84 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545485 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.