Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Model chisel
Description
Copper, wood, animal hide
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 small ancient dagger with a wooden handle and metal blade.
The artifact is a dagger featuring a rusted metal blade attached to a smooth wooden handle. The handle appears worn, suggesting age and usage. The blade is tapered, indicating it may have been used for utility or ceremonial purposes. Notable is the simplicity of the design with no visible inscriptions or decorations.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
woodmetal
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.