Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Knife
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.
A corroded ancient Egyptian tool or blade-like artifact.
The artifact is a slender blade-like object with a curved end, appearing heavily corroded with a green patina indicative of bronze or copper oxidation. Its simple, functional shape and lack of decorative elements suggest it was a utilitarian object. The condition is fragmentary due to significant corrosion and weathering.
unclear
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245508 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.283a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545098 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.