Model adze
Description
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981–1802 B.C. Copper, wood, animal hide. 7.2 cm (2 13/16 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 hand-held wooden model tool with a dark, blade-like element at one end, bundled with what appears to be bound material near the handle.
The artifact is photographed on a neutral background. It appears to be a model of an adze: a light-brown wooden handle is attached to a thicker, darker working end that resembles a metal blade (reddish-brown to dark gray in tone due to lighting). Near the junction between handle and blade, several wraps/bands and textured fragments are visible, consistent with bindings or a protective covering. No carved hieroglyphs, cartouches, or inscriptions are visible on the photographed surfaces. No figures of deities are present; the object is purely utilitarian/tool-like.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281779 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 17.9.21 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546209 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.