Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Cosmetic spoon
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 slender object with a leaf-like ornament at the top, likely a staff or scepter.
This artifact features a long, slender shaft culminating in a stylized leaf motif. The decoration on the top resembles organic forms, and the object may have been used as a ceremonial staff or scepter. The craftsmanship suggests careful attention to detail, with sculpted elements that mimic natural forms.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
wood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116282223 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 51.172.4 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546049 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.