Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Comb
Description
Ivory
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 fragmented ancient Egyptian comb.
The image shows a broken comb made from a light-colored material, likely ivory or bone. The comb exhibits a simple design with parallel lines engraved across its surface. The teeth of the comb are mostly missing, and several fractures are visible, separating the object into three main segments. The comb is shown against a neutral background with a scale for size reference.
daily life
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
boneivory
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280078 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.10.430 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547036 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.