Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Model mace
Description
Wood, 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.
Set of three wooden staves, likely ceremonial.
The image shows three wooden artifacts, each with distinct shapes, suggesting a ceremonial or symbolic purpose. The staves are set against a neutral background, emphasizing their forms. The carving appears simple, with the tallest staff having a prominent end, possibly for holding or resting. Versatile in ancient Egyptian iconography, such items were often used in royal or ceremonial contexts.
royal
unknown
good
Materials
wood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281652 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 11.150.20c tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546282 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.