Point of a Harpoon
Description
Bronze or Copper Alloy
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 single long, leaf-shaped metal point with a shallow tang, photographed against a plain white background.
The image shows a slender, elongated metal object resembling a weapon or implement tip. One end forms a pointed, leaf-like blade; the opposite end is thinner and appears to be the base/tang. A dark greenish patina and areas of surface corrosion/oxidation are visible along the metal. No decorative features, inscriptions, or readable hieroglyphs are visible on the object. There are no cartouches, royal names, or deity iconography present in the image. The object is photographed in isolation; no associated shaft, hafting, or context is shown.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281040 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 17.6.131 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 558132 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.