Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Mirror
Description
Wood (handle); Bronze or copper alloy (mirror)
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.
Ancient Egyptian cosmetic palette in the shape of an animal.
The artifact is a dark-colored stone cosmetic palette, typically used for grinding cosmetics. Its distinctive shape resembles a fish or a similar aquatic creature, with a rounded flat surface for grinding. The design is minimalist, characterized by smooth contours with a handle for ease of use. Such palettes were commonly used in Predynastic Egypt to mix minerals for facial adornment.
daily life
Predynastic
good
Materials
stone
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.