Siphon
Description
Object Label: Tools Egyptian workers, including artisans, farmers, and fishermen, required a wide variety of specialized tools. Woodworkers employed axes that had copper or bronze blades lashed to wooden handles with leather. Carpenters produced smooth surfaces with copper chisels, often with serrated edges. Tanners used broad, flat knives to cut strips of leather for sandals, harnesses, and whips, which they then pierced with metal awls. Field hands cut grain with curved sickles fitted with small flint blades. Fishermen relied on metal hooks with tiny barbs, much like their modern-day equivalents. Officials used siphons to inspect the liquid contents of vessels without breaking through the protective mud seals. Caption: Siphon, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E.. Bronze, 2 1/4 x 1/4 in. (5.7 x 0.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1186.
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 display case with an ancient Egyptian artifact inside.
The image shows a museum display case featuring an ancient Egyptian artifact. The artifact appears to be a small object, possibly a tool or ornamental piece. It is displayed on a flat surface with a reflective cover. The lighting creates shadows, making some features difficult to discern clearly.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 34.1186 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3341 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.
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