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Model Spear

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Description

Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981–1802 B.C. Wood, copper. L. 40.2 cm (15 13/16 in); l. of blade 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in). From: Asyut (Lykopolis), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Khashaba excavations. Subject: Spears. 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/stone spear-like object and a cylindrical container with a decorative black-and-white pattern, alongside a larger rectangular shield-like element with similar black-and-white markings bordered in red.

A long, spear-shaped object lies horizontally at the lower portion of the image. Its tip is metallic-looking (dark/gray) and the shaft appears light brown. Near the top-left is a cylindrical object covered in black-and-white painted decoration, with a darker top and a red band around the upper area. A larger, upright, shield/panel-like piece stands on the right, painted black-and-white with irregular spots and bordered by a red outline. No clear hieroglyphic inscriptions are visible, and no royal cartouches are apparent. The object is catalogued as a “Model Spear” from the Middle Kingdom, but the image includes multiple associated pieces (a container and a shield/panel), so the scene includes more than a single spear alone.

decorative Middle Kingdom (per catalogue; visual features not sufficient to independently confirm) good
Materials wood (painted shaft and cylindrical/wrapper element; light brown surfaces)metal (spear point; dark/gray tip)

Connections

Found at Asyut (Lykopolis)

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116389423 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 17.9.11 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546279 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.