Tool
Description
First Intermediate Period–early Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 9–12, ca. 2100–1950 B.C. Bronze or copper alloy. L. 5.8 cm (2 3/8 in.); W. 6 cm (2 5/16 in.). From: Cemetery W, Tomb W84, Hiw, Northern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: EEF excavations 1898-1899. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899.
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.
Photograph of a small, dark-green/bronze-colored fragment of a metal object with a rounded end, shown against a plain background.
The image shows a fragmentary metal piece with a curved, irregular outline and a thicker end on the right. The surface is largely dark with extensive greenish corrosion/patina consistent with copper alloys; localized brighter green areas are visible. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, deities, or figure details are readable on the object in this photograph. The form appears too incomplete for a confident identification of tool type; only the general interpretation as a bronze/copper-alloy fragment is supported by the visible corrosion and color. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116432873 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 99.4.23 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 558479 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.