Large Knife and Handle
Description
Caption: Large Knife and Handle, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Bronze, 2 1/8 x 9/16 x 12 5/8 in. (5.4 x 1.5 x 32 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 34.6055.
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 corroded ancient Egyptian dagger with a broad blade.
This artifact is an ancient Egyptian dagger featuring a broad, leaf-shaped blade with evident corrosion and patina, indicative of its age and exposure to elements over time. The handle appears simplistic and extends seamlessly into the blade. The corrosion on the blade shows patterns of green and dark oxidation, suggesting it may have been made from bronze or a similar alloy.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 34.6055 tier-2
- BKM-Object 43589 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- 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.