Mirror
Description
Caption: Mirror, ca. 1938–1759 B.C.E.. Copper alloy, 6 1/8 × 6 × 1/16 in. (15.6 × 15.3 × 0.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X249.50. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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.
Bronze hand mirror from ancient Egypt, likely used for personal grooming.
The artifact is a round, bronze hand mirror with a simple, slightly corroded surface indicative of its antiquity. The lack of elaborate decoration suggests it was a practical object, possibly belonging to an individual of moderate means. The mirror's simplicity and functionality allow it to serve as an excellent representation of daily life during its period.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession X249.50 tier-2
- BKM-Object 119448 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.