Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Model dagger of Ukhhotep
Description
Wood, paint, gold leaf
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 wooden dagger with a carved handle, featuring a blade shape.
The artifact is a wooden dagger, characterized by its smooth, carved handle and elongated blade shape. The wood shows signs of wear and aging, with some areas of paint or finish remaining. The handle is rudimentary but ergonomically designed, and the blade tapers to a point, suggesting it may have been used for ceremonial or symbolic purposes rather than practical utility.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
wood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116248102 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 11.167.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544284 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.