Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
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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.
An ivory or bone tool, possibly an awl or stylus.
The artifact is a slender, pointed tool that appears to be made of ivory or bone. It shows signs of wear, indicative of regular use. The surface is smooth, and it tapers to a sharp point, which suggests its function as a tool possibly used for writing or crafting. There are no visible inscriptions or decorative elements.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
bone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415034 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 35.7.50 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547130 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.