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, likely used for agricultural or domestic purposes.
The artifact depicted is a wooden-handled implement with a metal blade, characteristic of tools used in ancient Egypt. The handle is made of wood, while the blade shows signs of corrosion, suggesting it is made of a metal like bronze. The tool is tied together using what appears to be plant fibers or cord. Its simple and functional design hints at everyday use.
agricultural
unknown
good
Materials
woodmetal
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281793 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 17.9.15 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546206 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.