Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Mirror
Description
Ivory (handle); Bronze or copper alloy (mirror)
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 and bone or ivory ancient Egyptian mirror with handle.
The artifact is a bronze mirror with a round reflective surface, showing patina indicative of age. It has a handle likely made of bone or ivory with an ergonomic grip, suggestive of careful craftsmanship. Mirrors like this were common in ancient Egypt, often associated with beauty and daily life activities.
daily life
New Kingdom
good
Materials
bronzebone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116726733 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.3.235a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546612 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.