Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Bow
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 long, curved wooden object possibly used as a tool or weapon.
The image depicts a slender, elongated piece of wood with a noticeable curve. The object appears to be smoothly finished with no visible decoration or inscriptions. Its shape resembles that of a bow or similar implement, and it may have been used in daily activities or as part of a hunting tool. The absence of carvings or hieroglyphs suggests a utilitarian purpose.
unclar
unknown
excellent
Materials
wood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116414055 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 19.3.34 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545597 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.