Ceremonial Sickle of the "Fieldworker of Amun" Amunemhat
Description
Object Label: Tools Egyptian workers, including artisans, farmers, and fishermen, required a wide variety of specialized tools. Woodworkers employed axes that had copper or bronze blades lashed to wooden handles with leather. Carpenters produced smooth surfaces with copper chisels, often with serrated edges. Tanners used broad, flat knives to cut strips of leather for sandals, harnesses, and whips, which they then pierced with metal awls. Field hands cut grain with curved sickles fitted with small flint blades. Fishermen relied on metal hooks with tiny barbs, much like their modern-day equivalents. Officials used siphons to inspect the liquid contents of vessels without breaking through the protective mud seals. Caption: Ceremonial Sickle of the "Fieldworker of Amun" Amunemhat, ca. 1479–1425 B.C.E.. Wood, pigment, Exterior: 9 × 13 1/2 × 2 in. (22.9 × 34.3 × 5.1 cm) Blade Channel: 3/16 × 1/8 × 6 11/16 in. (0.5 × 0.3 × 17 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 48.27. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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.
The image shows a large, curved ceremonial sickle with a dark (possibly painted) blade end and an orange-brown wooden body bearing small painted marks and an incised/painted band of hieroglyphs near the base.
A single object is photographed against a light background. The ceremonial sickle is strongly curved: the handle-like orange-brown section is relatively wide, while the opposite end narrows to a sharp, dark-tinted tip (likely painted or a darker material/section at the “blade”). Several small dark dots/paint flecks are visible on the orange surface. Near the base portion on the left side of the image, a horizontal band of hieroglyph-like signs appears in dark lines/paint, though the individual signs are not fully legible at this resolution. No other inscriptions in Greek/Coptic/Arabic are visible. No clear cartouche or royal name is distinguishable. The object’s orange-brown coloration and visible surface grain suggest wood, and the dark elements appear consistent with pigment/paint on the wood rather than metal details. The pictured form matches the general category of an Egyptian ceremonial sickle, but specific identification with the exact title elements (“Fieldworker of Amun” and Amunemhat) cannot be confirmed from the readable text alone in this image.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 48.27 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3495 tier-2
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