Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Ax head
Description
Bronze or possibly copper alloy
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.
A bronze axe head from ancient Egypt.
The image depicts a large, flat, and rounded bronze axe head, indicative of utility or ceremonial use. The surface shows patination typical of aged bronze artifacts. There are no decorative motifs or inscriptions present, reflecting a utilitarian design common in certain periods.
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unknown
good
Materials
bronze
Connections
Materials
Bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116248111 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 99.4.35 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544278 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.