Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Ax head with two bulls
Description
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.
Metal artifact depicting stylized animals and geometric patterns.
The artifact is a metal object featuring openwork design with two stylized animals, possibly gazelles or a similar species, as the main subjects. Above the animals, there are geometric patterns resembling zigzag motifs or chevrons. The piece is topped with an arched shape, and the overall style suggests aesthetic design rather than practical use. The intact silhouettes suggest careful craftsmanship.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
metal
Connections
Materials
Metal
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246376 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 21.2.7 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544818 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.