Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Model adze
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 tool made of wood and metal held together by leather strips.
The artifact is a simple tool comprising two wooden components bound together at an angle with leather strips. A metal piece is attached to one end, possibly serving as a blade or cutting edge. The wooden parts exhibit a worn texture, suggesting age and wear from use. This construction implies a utilitarian object likely employed in daily tasks.
daily life
unknown
good
Materials
woodmetalleather
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116248080 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 17.9.20 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544292 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.