Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Tag amulet in the form of a tusk
Description
Ivory, paste
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 conical object with a pointed end and carved lines, likely an ancient tool or symbolic item.
The object appears to be a carved piece, possibly made from limestone or a similar material. It features a pointed, conical shape with a series of horizontal carved lines and grooves along its surface. The craftsmanship suggests it might have been used as a tool or held symbolic importance.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
limestone
Connections
Materials
Limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415009 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 09.182.4 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547109 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.