Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
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Description
Bronze or 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 metal object resembling a loop or hook.
The image depicts a U-shaped metal object with a simple design. The artifact appears to be forged from bronze or similar metal, with no discernible decorative features or inscriptions visible. Its utilitarian shape suggests it may have been used as a tool or fastener.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243640 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 19.3.177 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545645 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.