Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Pedj-aha (bent) staff
Description
Wood, cord
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 wooden artifact resembling a staff or tool with simple decoration.
The artifact is a wooden object consisting of two connected cylindrical pieces. The surface shows signs of age, with some wear and patina indicative of its antiquity. The object displays simple incised lines as decoration near the connecting joint, suggesting functional design rather than intricate artistry.
daily life
unknown
good
Materials
wood
Connections
Materials
Wood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116248123 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 12.182.69 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544265 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.
- 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.