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 woodworking tool with a wooden handle and metal blade.
The artifact is a woodworking tool resembling an adze, featuring a wooden handle with a metal blade secured by woven binding. The tool's construction suggests practical usage, with the wooden handle showing signs of wear. The metal blade is corroded, indicating significant age, and is affixed to the handle with tight binding, possibly rawhide or plant material, showcasing typical ancient Egyptian craftsmanship.
daily life
unknown
good
Materials
woodmetal
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281789 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 17.9.16 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546207 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.