Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · papyrus
Papyrus burnisher
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 small ivory artifact shaped like a bead or gaming piece, carved with three rounded protrusions.
The object is made from ivory and features a unique shape with three rounded, vertical protrusions. The surface is smooth with some signs of wear or damage, suggesting age. The overall form suggests it may have been used as a game piece or for decorative purposes.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
ivory
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280876 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.3.164 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546681 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.