Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Large palette
Description
Greywacke
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 large, ancient Egyptian ceremonial stone palette with a smooth surface.
This artifact is a ceremonial palette, typically used in rituals or as a decorative object in ancient Egypt. The palette has a shield-like shape with smooth surfaces and exhibits signs of wear and age. The material appears to be a dark stone. The absence of detailed carvings or inscriptions suggests it might have had a functional role or been left plain for stylistic reasons.
unclear
Predynastic
fragmentary
Materials
stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415029 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 35.7.9 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547126 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.