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Model ax

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Description

Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981–1802 B.C. Copper, wood, animal hide. l. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in). From: Tomb of Ankhef (Tomb 9), Asyut (Lykopolis), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Khashaba excavations. Credit: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1917.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

The image shows a small ancient Egyptian hand-held object resembling a model axe: a wooden handle attached to a dark metal blade/head.

The artifact is photographed against a plain background. A long, brown wooden handle runs horizontally across the image. One end of the handle meets a dark, roughly shield-shaped/curved head or blade made of metal, which appears mottled and worn. There are traces of brown/gray binding or wrapping at the junction of handle and head, suggesting a fastening method (possibly leather/cord) rather than an intact join. No carved relief, painted decoration, or clear hieroglyphic inscriptions are visible on the handle or the metal head in this image. There are no legible Greek, Coptic, or Arabic texts visible. The overall appearance is consistent with a simple utilitarian/ritual model implement rather than a richly inscribed cult object.

decorative Middle Kingdom (as given by catalogue); exact period from image alone unclear poor
Materials woodmetal

Connections

Found at Asyut (Lykopolis)
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.
  • 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.