Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Model ax
Description
Copper, wood, animal hide
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.
An ancient Egyptian axe with a wooden handle and a bronze blade.
The artifact is an ancient Egyptian axe, featuring a wooden handle and a bronze blade. The blade is secured to the handle with braided leather thongs, a typical technique used in ancient tools. The axe shows craftsmanship indicative of daily use, with its simple yet functional design.
daily life
unknown
good
Materials
woodbronzeleather
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281796 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 17.9.12 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546203 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.