Model chisel
Description
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981–1802 B.C. Copper, wood, animal hide. l. 10.3 cm (4 1/16 in). From: Tomb of Ankhef (Tomb 9), Asyut (Lykopolis), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Khashaba excavations. Credit: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1917.
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, leaf-shaped metal blade is shown with a brown wooden handle on the left, presented horizontally on a neutral background.
The image depicts a single implement resembling a chisel: a dark, tapered metal blade extends to the right with a pointed tip, while the left end shows a rectangular brown object that appears to be a wooden handle or haft. A small reddish-brown area is visible near the junction of blade and handle. There are no visible hieroglyphs on the artifact itself, but there is a small red painted/printed catalog-style mark near the center-left of the blade/handle area. No cartouches, royal names, or deity iconography are visible. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is legible in the image.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116248072 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 17.9.27 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544295 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.