Sandals
Description
Pair of funerary sandals. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Gold sheet. L. 25.5 cm (10 1/16 in); w. 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in); w. at heel 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in). From: Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Credit: Fletcher Fund, 1922.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
The image shows a pair of ornate Egyptian sandals, likely made from thin sheet metal, with gold-toned straps and a broad footplate extending over a rounded sole.
Two sandals are photographed side by side against a plain light background. Each sandal has a rounded, fan-like sole with a ribbed/rosette-like decorative pattern radiating from the center, and a raised, boat-shaped footplate/upper made of reflective gold-toned material. Small cylindrical pegs or knobs rise vertically from the front edge and near the base of the central upper part, suggesting attachment points for straps or decorative elements. The outer edges of the soles are smooth and curved, while the interior surface of the upper appears concave. No hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No cartouches or royal names are visible. No explicit depiction of deities is present; the ornamentation appears primarily geometric/structural rather than iconographic.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415320 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.8.146a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547647 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.