Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Model sekhem or aba scepter
Description
Wood
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.
The image depicts three ancient Egyptian scepters or staffs made of wood.
The artifact shows three wooden scepters or staffs, likely used in ancient Egyptian rituals or as symbols of office. The items are crafted from wood, with varying designs: one with a T-shaped top, another with a spherical end, and the third one with a hooked end. Their simple yet elegant construction suggests they were significant cultural objects, possibly associated with authority or ceremonial purposes.
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unknown
good
Materials
wood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281651 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 11.150.20b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546281 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.
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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.