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Whip handle of Nebiry

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 23.3.46. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 23.3.46
Find spot: Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt approx. site location
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Date range: 1479 BCE – 1458 BCE
Materials: ['wood', 'paint']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Whip handle, Nebiry. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Wood, paint. L. 45.4 cm (17 7/8 in.). From: beside Hatshepsut Hole, huts between temple causeways, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1922–23. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1923.

The same text in other collections

Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 547577). Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

MMA 23.3.46 PNM textAsasif

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.

A long, rounded wooden whip handle with a recessed cutout at one end and painted decoration concentrated near the center.

The object is photographed in profile on a neutral background. It has a smooth, cylindrical wooden handle with one end showing a rectangular/slot-like opening (possibly for attachment). Near the middle, there are traces of painted surface decoration and/or incised marks resembling hieroglyphic-like signs, though the specific characters are unclear due to resolution and wear. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No cartouche or clearly legible royal titulary is confidently identifiable from the image.

decorative New Kingdom (per catalogue ground truth); exact dating from image unclear. good

Materials woodpaint

Signs Unclear hieroglyphic-like marks (painted/incised) ×5

Visible text "Hieroglyphic-like painted/incised marks are present near the center, but the excerpt is illegible/uncertain in this image."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Hieroglyphic-like painted/incised marks are present near the center, but the excerpt is illegible/uncertain in this image.

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri

Materials Wood Paint

Cross-references (5)

Wikidata-Q Q116276714 tier-1
Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
Inventory-Number 23.3.46 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
MET-Object 547577 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
PNM-Object pnm:83911719 tier-2 (inventory-match)

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