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Bow

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Wood. L. 167 cm (65 3/4 in.). From: Dra Abu el-Naga, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1912.

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.

The image shows a single curved wooden object on a plain background, resembling the flattened profile of a bow.

Only one artifact is visible: a long, slender, slightly curved piece with both ends tapering. No painted decoration, carved motifs, hieroglyphs, or other markings are visible in the photograph. The object appears brown with a smooth surface consistent with wood, and its shape broadly matches a bow profile, though no reinforcing details (e.g., tips, string attachment points, or inscriptions) can be confirmed from this view.

unclear New Kingdom (as catalogued; cannot be confirmed visually from this image) good
Materials wood

Connections

Found at Dra Abu el-Naga
Materials Wood

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116413495 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 12.181.223 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544261 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.