Battle-axe
Description
Caption: Battle-axe, ca. 2008–1630 B.C.E.. Bronze, 5 3/16 × 3 3/8 in. (13.3 × 8.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.197. (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.
A circular stone artifact with holes near the bottom edge.
The artifact is a stone palette featuring a circular shape with a flat bottom. There are two symmetrical holes near the bottom edge, suggesting it may have been used for fastening or as a handle. The surface is smooth, showing signs of wear consistent with frequent handling or use.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.197 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9464 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.