Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Basket
Description
Halfa grass and rush basketry
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 woven basket made from natural fibers.
The artifact is a small, round basket with a tightly woven texture, featuring a circular pattern on the lid. It is composed of natural fibers, likely plant material, indicative of traditional Egyptian craftsmanship. The surface shows signs of age but is well-preserved.
daily life
unknown
good
Materials
natural fibers
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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.
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