Ax head
Description
Basalt
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 photographed, dark stone tool-shaped object with a rounded/triangular profile resembling an axe head form.
The image shows a single artifact centered against a light gray background. The object has a dark, mottled surface consistent with basalt or similar volcanic stone. Its shape tapers toward the top and has a broader, rounded base at the bottom, forming a roughly conical/triangular silhouette typical of a stone axe head in side view. No carved decoration is clearly visible, and no legible hieroglyphic text, cartouches, or inscriptions appear on the visible surface. There are no signs of painted pigment, inlays, or metal components. The photograph provides only exterior views; maker’s marks or wear facets are not distinct enough to identify specific tool working edges confidently.
Connections
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.