Staff, curved
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Wood. L. 113 cm (44 1/2 in.). From: Dra Abu el-Naga, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations, before 1911. 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.
A simple, curved wooden staff or rod photographed against a plain background.
The image shows a single artifact consisting of a long, slightly bowed/curved staff with a rounded end. The surface appears light brown, consistent with untreated or minimally finished wood. No carved decoration, binding, or inlaid elements are clearly visible. There are no legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or inscriptions on the staff in this view, and no associated figures or iconographic elements are present to identify deities or royal names. No additional materials (metal, stone, paint) can be confirmed from the image.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116425332 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 12.181.226 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 554320 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.