Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Throw Stick
Description
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.
A fragmentary piece of ancient writing material, possibly a scroll or parchment.
The image depicts a rectangular, elongated fragment that appears to be a piece of ancient writing material, such as parchment or papyrus. The edges are worn and irregular, suggesting age and fragility. Fine lines are visible across its surface, which could indicate layers or fibers, characteristic of ancient scrolls. The texture looks brittle and fragile.
unclear
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
papyrus
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280154 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.10.413 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547026 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.