Staff, forked
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Wood. L. 125 cm (49 3/16 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.
The image shows a small, simple wooden rod-like object photographed on a plain background.
A single straight, slightly tapered wooden staff/rod is centered in the frame, photographed from the side. One end appears marginally thicker and the opposite end is slightly blunted. The surface shows natural wood coloration and some minor darkening or wear along the length; no forked end is clearly visible in this image. No carving, painted decoration, or attached elements are apparent. There are no readable hieroglyphs, and no Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116433823 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 12.181.221 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 559195 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.