Door socket
Description
Bronze
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 small, cushion-like bronze object with a concave top and flat base, photographed against a neutral background.
The image shows a single object that resembles a door-related metal fitting: a four-cornered, pillow-shaped cross-section with a slightly concave upper surface and a mostly flat bottom. The surface is heavily patinated, with greenish corrosion products suggesting long oxidation of a copper alloy. No visible attachment shaft, hinge components, or clear cylindrical socket opening is apparent from the single view. There are no discernible carved or incised hieroglyphs, cartouches, or other text, and no identifiable figures or deities. The object’s form is consistent with a utilitarian hardware element, though the specific 'door socket' function cannot be confirmed purely from this image angle. The object appears to be metal (bronze/copper alloy) based on color and patination.
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- 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.