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Paddle Doll

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 15.10.90. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 15.10.90
Find spot: Khokha, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Reign: reign of Mentuhotep III
Date: ca. 2000–1988 B.C.
Date range: 2000 BCE – 1988 BCE
Materials: ['wood', 'faience', 'mud', 'linen string']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Description

Paddle doll, bead hair. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11, reign of Mentuhotep III, ca. 2000–1988 B.C. Wood, faience, mud, linen string. Body: H. 21.2 × W. 5.8 × Th. 0.5 cm (8 3/8 × 2 5/16 × 3/16 in.); Hair: L. 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.). From: Tomb MMA 828 (H4), In rubbish in front of tomb with 7A 1067, Khokha, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1911. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1915.

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 an Egyptian paddle-shaped wooden object painted in bands of dark and lighter color, attached to or paired with a dense looped cluster of small rod/bean-like pieces on a string.

A central, elongated paddle/doll-like form stands upright with a narrow neck-like top and broader rounded lower end. The surface is painted or incised with alternating bands (dark with lighter/medium stripes) and a base decorated with a band containing small rectangular/figural marks. The top edge has a circular/curved border detail. At the upper portion of the object, there is a thick, dense bundle of small, cylindrical or bead-like elements hanging in looping strands, with a lighter area at the bottom edge of the bundle. No clear hieroglyphic inscriptions, cartouches, or text are visible. No explicit divine iconography is present; the object appears decorative/ritual-toy-like consistent with the catalogue description.

decorative Middle Kingdom (as catalogued); visually, stylistic decoration is consistent but not sufficient to confirm from image alone. good

Materials wood (paddle body)painted surface (dark/light bands)bead/rod-like elements (possibly faience/dummy pieces)linen string (implied by braided/looped suspension),mud (not clearly confirmable)

Connections

Found at Khokha

Materials Wood

Cross-references (4)

Wikidata-Q Q116243296 tier-1
Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
Inventory-Number 15.10.90 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
MET-Object 556705 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).
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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.