Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Ax
Description
Bronze or copper alloy, wood, gold leaf
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 bronze axe with a wrapped handle, likely of ceremonial or functional use.
The artifact is a bronze axe featuring a curved blade attached to a long wooden handle. The blade is secured with woven material, possibly linen. The handle shows signs of wear, which may indicate usage or age. The overall design suggests it could be used for ceremonial or functional purposes, likely belonging to a higher-status individual or as a part of a ritual set.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
bronzewoodlinen
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280409 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.839 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547023 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.
- 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.