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Ax head Neolithic PeriodHibis
Description
Neolithic Period, ca. 6900–3900 B.C. Basalt. H: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.); w: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.). From: Temple, Nourth east of the entrance-kiosk, Hibis, Western Desert; Kharga Oasis, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910-12. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
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Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116419271 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.3.67 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 552156 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.