Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · other
Foreshaft of an Arrow
Description
Caption: Foreshaft of an Arrow, ca. 2008–1630 B.C.E.. Wood, quartz, Diam. 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (0.7 x 36.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1059E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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 simple elongated object, likely a writing tool or stylus.
The artifact is a slender, elongated object that appears to be made of wood. It is relatively plain with a pointed end, suggesting it might have been used as a tool, possibly for writing or engraving. There are no decorative elements or additional features visible on the surface.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
wood
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1059E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117636 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- 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.