Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Magic wand
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 boomerang-like artifact with engraved figures and animals.
The artifact is a curved object resembling a boomerang, made of ivory or bone. It features engraved depictions, including human figures, animals, and possibly boats or other symbolic motifs. The engravings are stylized, typical of Egyptian art, with line-drawn features. The artifact appears to have significant weathering and cracks, indicating its age.
daily life
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
ivory
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116389401 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 32.1.231 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546493 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.