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

Model shield

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Wood, stucco, paint

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 shield, quiver with arrows, and spears featuring a distinctive painted pattern.

The artifact set includes a shield, a quiver containing arrows, and two spears. The shield is tall with a pointed top and decorated with a bold black and white pattern resembling spots, bordered by a red edge with dot detailing. The quiver matches the shield's design, carrying arrows with black arrowheads. The spears are wooden with matching black tips.

unclear unknown excellent
Materials woodleatherpaint

Connections

Materials WoodPaintLeather

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116389403 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 17.9.3 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546270 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.