Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Stone Mason's Chisel
Description
Hammered bronze or copper alloy
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 simple, elongated bronze tool or object.
The artifact is an elongated, cylindrical object made of bronze with a slightly tapered shape. The surface is corroded, indicating age, and lacks any visible engravings or inscriptions. It appears to be a utilitarian object, possibly a tool or part of a larger assembly.
unclear
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280189 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 27.3.12 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544301 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.