Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Shrine for Anubis fetish (Imiut)
Description
Wood, paint
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 model of a granary used in ancient Egypt.
The image depicts a wooden model of a granary from ancient Egypt. The structure is rectangular and features a series of horizontal slats on the front, suggesting storage compartments or doors. The model showcases the architectural style typical for granaries, used to store grains and other agricultural products. The wood appears aged, displaying an authentic patina indicative of significant age.
agricultural
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
wood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243752 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 14.3.18 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545546 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- 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.