Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Sheath for a Model Dagger
Description
Wood, paint, gold leaf
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 fragmented ancient Egyptian artifact resembling a ceremonial object.
This image depicts a fragmented object, possibly part of a ceremonial item. The piece is made primarily of wood, with intricate inlays and a gilded section, suggesting a decorative or symbolic function. The composition includes a detailed pattern along one edge, enhancing its ornamental nature. The object’s condition is fragmentary, indicating its age and possible previous usage in a ceremonial context.
decorative
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
woodgold
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116248096 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 12.183.17a tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544286 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.