Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Magic Wand
Description
Hippopotamus ivory
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 decorated object featuring animal and symbolic engravings.
This artifact appears to be an ivory or bone object with engraved depictions of animals such as a lioness and perhaps symbolic or mythological scenes. The style suggests careful and detailed craftsmanship, typical of ceremonial items. Notable features include the curved shape and ensemble of animal motifs possibly used to convey religious or ceremonial symbolism.
decorative
Predynastic
fragmentary
Materials
ivory
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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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