Mirror
Description
Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom, Dynasty 17–Early Dynasty 18, ca. 1635–1458 B.C. Wood (handle); Bronze or copper alloy (mirror). H. 25 cm (9 13/16 in). From: Courtyard CC 41, Pit 1, Burial A 1, In coffin, Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1915–16. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1916.
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.
The image shows a round, dark metallic mirror head attached to a long handle shaped like a pointed, lipped element, with faint incised decoration on the handle.
A two-part object is photographed against a light background. The upper portion is a circular disk consistent with a mirror face (bronze/copper alloy). The lower portion is a long, dark handle terminating in a pointed end; the handle has a banded/corded appearance near its lower part and some faint linear banding or incised detailing along the handle shaft. Between the mirror disk and the handle there is a small connecting section with a carved/raised form. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, or inscriptions are legible at this resolution. No explicit depiction of deities or royal names is visible.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280444 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.10.381a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546997 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.