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 tool, possibly an axe, featuring a wooden handle and a metallic blade.
The artifact is an axe with a wooden handle and a metal blade. The handle appears to have a simple, utilitarian design with a smooth finish. The blade has a rounded shape with visible signs of wear. The tool is likely utilitarian, used in daily life or possibly in craft or construction activities. The binding between the handle and blade shows some form of twine or cord, suggesting an ancient binding technique.
daily life
unknown
good
Materials
woodmetal
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281794 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 17.9.14 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546205 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.