Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Jewelry chest of Sithathoryunet
Description
Ebony, ivory, gold, carnelian, blue faience, silver
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 box with a decorative lid featuring four ankhs topped with was scepters.
The artifact is a wooden box with gold highlights. The lid is adorned with four ankhs, each topped with a was scepter, symbolizing life and power. The sides of the box feature vertical stripes in gold and blue, creating an ornate visual contrast with the dark wood. The craftsmanship suggests a ceremonial or valuable purpose.
decorative
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
woodgold
Signs
Ankh ×4
Was scepter ×4
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243932 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.1.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545520 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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