Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other

Chest with Lid

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Description

Wood

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 wooden chest with a simple rectangular shape and a lid.

The artifact is a wooden chest with a rectangular form, likely used for storage. It shows signs of wear and age, with a rough texture and visible wood grain. The lid appears to be attached by hinges, and there's a small handle on one side for opening. No decorative elements or inscriptions are evident on the surface.

unclear unknown good
Materials wood

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Materials Wood

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116280901 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 15.3.1167a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546711 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.