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