Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
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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.
An ivory cosmetic stick with carved decoration.
The artifact is an ivory cosmetic stick, cylindrical in shape, with intricate carved patterns on one end. The design includes geometric lines and cross-hatching, indicative of decorative styles found in ancient Egyptian artifacts. The piece is well-preserved with a smooth surface, highlighting its craftsmanship.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
ivory
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280977 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.3.179 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546609 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.
- 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.