Spatula (?)
Description
Roman Period, 30 B.C.–A.D. 364. Copper alloy. H. 26.8 × W. 12.6 × D. 1.7 cm (10 9/16 × 4 15/16 × 11/16 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Gift of Darius Ogden Mills, 1904.
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.
A copper-alloy metal implement with a round, disc-like head and a long pointed handle is shown against a neutral background.
The object appears to be a single-piece metal tool. The upper end has a broad, circular (spatula-like) head with a shallow, slightly domed face; the face shows dark surface patination and localized discoloration. The head transitions into a narrow neck and then into a long, tapered handle that ends in a pointed tip. No carved decoration, relief, or legible inscription is visible on the photographed surface. There are no clear cartouches or hieroglyphic signs, and no Greek/Coptic/Arabic text can be read in the image.
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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.