Model blade of a dagger
Description
Model dagger blade. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981–1802 B.C. Wood, paint. L. 26.5 cm (10 7/16 in.). From: Tomb of Hapiankhtifi, Mummy, Meir, Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Khashaba excavations, 1910–12. Credit: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
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 long, tapering model dagger blade with a rounded hilt/handle end, shown in profile against a plain background.
The image depicts a single Egyptian miniature/dummy dagger. The object is mostly dark brown/black wood-like material with a painted section at the left end: the rounded pommel/handle end has a small pattern resembling a decorative mosaic or stippled paint. The remainder of the handle shows segmented/wrapped-looking areas or seams, and the blade tapers to a blunt point at the right. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or other inscriptions are visible in the provided view. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is present.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116248100 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 12.183.17b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544285 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.
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