Scepter with Montu head
Description
Copper alloy
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 small metal scepter-like object with a bulbous, animal-like head at the top, shown head-on against a plain background.
The image shows a single, vertically oriented object resembling a staff/scepter with a long cylindrical handle tapering slightly near the bottom. At the top is a rounded head sculpted in relief, with two curved, horn/ear-like projections flaring to either side and a central face area. The surface is dark brown to reddish-brown with patches of corrosion and pitting, consistent with an oxidized copper alloy. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, or other inscriptions are visible on the body or around the head. The catalogue title states it is a “Scepter with Montu head”; the sculpted head shape is consistent in general with a deity-headed scepter format, but the image is too low-detail to confidently confirm iconographic attributes specific to Montu.
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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.
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