Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · other
Cutting-Out Knife
Description
Caption: Cutting-Out Knife, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E.. Bronze, 5 7/8 × 7/8 × 1/16 in. (15 × 2.2 × 0.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.657E. (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.
An ancient Egyptian artifact resembling a bronze dagger or tool.
The image depicts a narrow, elongated bronze object with a curved top, likely a ceremonial or functional artifact such as a dagger, tool, or part of a larger implement. The surface shows patina indicative of aging, and the shape suggests utility or symbolic significance.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
bronze
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.657E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117266 tier-2
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- 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.
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