Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
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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.
An ancient Egyptian bronze dagger with a straight blade and rounded handle.
This artifact is a bronze dagger featuring a straight, tapering blade and a rounded, knob-shaped handle. The blade shows signs of oxidation typical of ancient metalwork, suggesting extended burial or exposure to the elements. The craftsmanship indicates practical use, possibly ceremonial, given the preservation quality.
unclear
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243726 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.10.453 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545558 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.