Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · tool
Small Chisel
Description
Caption: Small Chisel, 664–332 B.C.E.. Bronze, 3/16 × 1/8 × 2 11/16 in. (0.4 × 0.3 × 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1677E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A bronze tool with a pointed end and a flattened opposite end.
The artifact is a slender tool made of bronze, featuring a pointed end and a flattened opposite end. It appears to be a type of awl, commonly used in ancient times for leatherworking or as a personal item such as an eyeliner applicator. The tool is simple in design, with no visible inscriptions or decorative elements.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
bronze
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1677E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118201 tier-2
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