Model Spear
Description
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981–1802 B.C. Wood, copper. L. 40.3 cm (15 7/8 in); l. of blade 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in). From: Asyut (Lykopolis), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Khashaba excavations. Credit: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1917.
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.
The image shows a small painted wooden model spear with a separate bundled “shaft” element and a long spear shaft with a dark pointed tip, alongside a large black-and-white painted shield-like panel with a red border.
Two related spear-like objects are visible: on the left, a cylindrical white-and-black painted element with red bands near the top, holding or wrapping multiple slender prongs/points; on the right, a long narrow wooden rod painted brown with a darker metal-like head at one end, resembling a spear tip. In the center-right background, a large shield/stand panel painted white with irregular black spots and a red stitched or framed border is visible. No clear hieroglyphic inscriptions or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are legible on the pictured surfaces. The painted patterns are decorative and do not clearly resolve into named signs or cartouches. The materials visible appear to include wood and possibly a metal tip (catalogued as wood and copper).
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116389410 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 17.9.6 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546273 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.