Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
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 carved ivory fragment depicting two figures: a sphinx and a human figure.
The artifact is an ivory fragment showing a sphinx with wings, characterized by a lion's body, human head, and a headdress. The human figure is walking towards the sphinx and is holding a sword. The carving style is deeply incised, with notable attention to detail in the depiction of the figures.
decorative
Middle Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
ivory
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116726732 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.65 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546636 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.