Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Mirror
Description
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 bronze mirror with a handle shaped like a woman’s head.
The artifact is a bronze mirror, featuring a circular reflective surface. The handle of the mirror is ornately designed, depicting a woman’s head, likely wearing a traditional headdress. The craftsmanship on the face suggests high skill with detailed carving, indicative of an item of luxury. The mirror’s surface shows signs of aging, with some tarnishing and patina indicative of its historical nature.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245313 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 36.3.13 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545128 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.