Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Folding stool
Description
Wood, leather, bronze or copper alloy
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 wooden headrest with a partially preserved upper section.
The artifact is an Egyptian wooden headrest featuring a simple, functional design typical of daily life objects. The top part is partially preserved, showing signs of wear and age. The wood is carved into a curved structure intended to support the head, with a slightly hollowed upper section and a robust base. The wood has a weathered appearance, suggesting significant age and use.
daily life
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
wood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116248162 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 12.182.58 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544252 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.