Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Razor
Description
Bronze or copper alloy
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 blade reminiscent of an ancient Egyptian tool or weapon.
The artifact is a curved bronze blade, likely used in daily activities or ceremonial practices. The blade displays a green patina typical of aged bronze, indicating oxidation over time. Its simplicity and shape suggest it could be a tool or weapon. The lack of intricate design or decorations limits its identification to more utilitarian purposes.
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unclear
good
Materials
bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281282 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 34.1.131 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546441 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.