Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other

Headrest

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Hard 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.

An ancient Egyptian headrest made of wood.

The image depicts an Egyptian headrest with a curved top designed to cradle the head. It is crafted from wood and displays a symmetrical design with a broad base, tapering towards a narrower neck, then flaring out again to support the head. The surface appears worn, showing signs of age and use.

daily life unknown good
Materials wood

Connections

Found at Asasif
Materials Wood

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116243644 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 19.3.168 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545642 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.