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Small Knife

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Description

Caption: Small Knife, 305–30 B.C.E.. Bronze, 1/2 × 1/16 × 4 5/8 in. (1.3 cm, 2mm, 11.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.452E.

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, narrow metal blade with a pointed tip, photographed against a plain gray background.

The image shows a single elongated, leaf-shaped knife blade oriented vertically. The tip is pointed and the base shows a broader tang-like section, though the handle is not visible. The surface appears dark greenish-brown with areas of corrosion/patina consistent with aged metal. No engraved scenes, inscriptions, or carved symbols are clearly visible on the blade in this photograph. No cartouches, royal names, or deity iconography can be confirmed from the provided view.

decorative Ptolemaic Period (catalogue ground truth; imagery does not provide secure period markers) poor
Materials unknown metal (appears like corroded bronze)

Connections

Found at Abusir
Materials Bronze

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.452E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117101 tier-2
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