Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Toe stall
Description
Gold
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 gold fingertip cover, likely used in burial practices.
The object is a gold fingertip or nail cover, possibly from a set used for funerary purposes. It has a smooth, polished surface and is shaped to fit neatly over a human fingertip. Such items were often used in ancient Egyptian burials to protect the body parts of the deceased and were typically part of more elaborate burial ensembles.
funerary
New Kingdom
good
Materials
gold
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276527 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.8.155 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547650 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.