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Fish hook

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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, U-shaped bronze/copper-alloy fish hook with a pointed tip and a slightly curved bend.

The object is shown isolated against a light background. It has an open U form: one end rises to a rounded/closed tip while the opposite end tapers to a smaller point, suggesting a hook catch. The surface is heavily green-blue (verdigris) with areas of darker corrosion, and the metal shows weathering rather than fresh metal. No decoration, suspension loop, or rivets are visible. No hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible on the object. No cartouches or royal names can be identified.

unclear New Kingdom (Ramesside), per catalogue; exact date from image unclear good
Materials green-blue patina/verdigris (indicating copper alloy)

Connections

Found at Deir el-Ballas

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281038 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 17.6.133 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 558134 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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.