Bodkin
Description
Object Label: Ancient Egyptian craftsmen used bodkins to punch holes in fabric or leather, to facilitate stitching. Caption: Bodkin, ca. 1938–1700 B.C.E.. Ivory, Diam. 3/16 x 3 3/16 in. (0.5 x 8.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 13.1042.2.
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.
Two small pointed objects displayed on a flat surface.
The image shows two elongated, pointed objects that appear to be made of a light-colored material resembling wood or bone. They are placed parallel to each other on a neutral background, and labeled with the number 17. The objects have a cylindrical section near the top and taper into sharp points.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 13.1042.2 tier-2
- BKM-Object 4316 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- 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.