Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
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Description
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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 small ancient Egyptian stone weight or gaming piece.
This object is a smoothly carved, rounded stone, possibly used as a weight or as a piece in a board game. The surface shows a high degree of polish, and the shape suggests it might have been functional. There are no visible inscriptions or decorative elements, which might indicate its plain utilitarian purpose. The stone appears well-preserved, suggesting it was crafted from durable material.
unclear
unknown
excellent
Materials
stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243643 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 19.3.156 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545636 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.