Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Ax blade
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.
Image of an ancient Egyptian axe head with little visible detail.
The artifact appears to be a metal axe head, possibly made of bronze, with a simple, functional design. It lacks ornate features or inscriptions. The overall shape is relatively symmetrical, with a wide cutting edge and tapered base. It shows signs of age, including some corrosion or surface wear.
unclear
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
metal
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243725 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.10.455 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545560 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.