Mirror with Handle in the Form of a Hathor Emblem
Description
Mirror with a handle in the shape of the Hathor emblem (Bat), Thutmose III. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Disk: silver; handle: wood (modern) sheathed in gold (ancient). H. 29.3 cm (11 9/16 in.); W. of disk 14.2 cm (5 9/16 in.); D. 3 cm (1 3/16 in.). From: Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Goddess. Credit: Fletcher Fund, 1919, 1920.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A handheld mirror consists of a round silvery disk attached to a gold-colored handle ending in a stylized Hathor-emblem/figure form.
The image shows a circular, reflective disk in gray/metallic silver tones, connected to a separate handle rendered in gold-colored metal. At the top of the handle, a small, three-lobed/arched element and a central animal or deity-like head with facial features (ears and a prominent brow/forehead shape) appear to form a Hathor emblem. The handle tapers downward and ends in a pointed element. No legible inscription, cartouche, or writing appears on the disk or handle in the provided photo. The background is a neutral light surface with the object photographed front-on; there are no other contextual objects visible. The cataloged materials (silver disk and a wooden core sheathed in gold) are only partially inferable visually: the disk appears silver, while the handle appears gold-colored, but the presence of wood beneath the gold is not directly visible.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245081 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.8.97 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545165 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.