Foot end of staff
Description
Staff foot end. Third Intermediate Period–Late Period, ca. 1070–343 B.C. Bronze or copper alloy. L. 21.7 cm (8 9/16 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A bronze/copper-alloy staff finial shaped like a fork with two upward prongs and a central looped/ornamented element below.
The object is photographed against a plain light background and appears to be the foot-end or lower terminal of a staff, consistent with the catalogue’s title. The top of the visible portion forms a wide U-shaped fork with two tapering, upward-pointing arms. Between the arms, there is a raised central ornament resembling a small loop or clasp. The shaft below the fork is cylindrical and worn, with a thick, corroded green patina consistent with copper alloys. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or other inscription fields are visible in this view. No identifiable deity iconography (e.g., seated god, animal form) or royal cartouches can be confirmed from the visible features.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116414570 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 41.160.114 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546128 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.
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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.