Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Flail of Hapiankhtifi
Description
Wood, gold leaf, carnelian, faience
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.
An ancient Egyptian ceremonial object with three wooden staffs connected by colored beads.
This artifact consists of three curved wooden staffs, possibly gilded or inlaid, held together by strands of colorful beads made from faience and carnelian. The arrangement suggests a ceremonial or symbolic purpose, typical of items used in ancient Egyptian rituals or as grave goods.
unclear
New Kingdom
good
Materials
woodfaiencecarnelian
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281563 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 12.183.15a–g tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546288 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.