Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Bow
Description
Wood
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.
A slender wooden artifact, possibly a ceremonial or utilitarian staff or bow.
The artifact depicted is a slender, elongated piece of wood with gentle curves, suggesting use as a staff or an unstrung bow. The surface appears smooth, indicative of skilled craftsmanship. There are no visible carvings or additional decorations suggesting its simplicity and utilitarian function. The artifact's minimalistic form and lack of adornment suggest it might have served a practical or symbolic purpose.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
wood
Connections
Materials
Wood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116235430 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 17.2.8 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544262 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.
- 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.