Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Model chisel
Description
Copper, wood
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 wooden-handled tool or weapon.
The object is a pointed metal blade mounted on a wooden handle. The blade shows signs of rust and wear, indicating it is of considerable age. The handle is simple with no visible inscriptions or decorations. The composition suggests utilitarian use, possibly as a tool or a weapon.
unclear
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
woodmetal
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281808 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 17.9.29 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546214 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.