Headrest
Description
Middle Kingdom, Late Dynasty 11 - Dynasty 12, ca. 2030–1802 B.C. Wood. H. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm), W. 9 in. (22.9 cm). From: Tomb MMA 816, pit, Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1929–30. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1931.
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 small wooden Egyptian headrest with a curved, saddle-shaped top supported by four angled legs on a flat base.
The image shows a single object photographed against a neutral background. The headrest has a smooth, dark-to-light brown wooden frame with a rounded, U-shaped or saddle-like support surface at the top. This top appears to be slightly hollow/concave and features several small dark circular insets or holes along the front edge. The support surface is attached to four slender legs that splay outward and meet at a thicker, flat rectangular base. No carved ornamentation or painted pigments are clearly visible beyond the natural wood finish and staining. There are no visible hieroglyphs, cartouches, deity figures, or dedicatory inscriptions on the pictured surfaces. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is present.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116248161 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 31.3.12 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544251 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.