Flint shaped like a bird
Description
eccentric. Predynastic–Early Dynastic, Naqada III–Dynasty 1, ca. 3300–2900 B.C. Flint. h. 2 3/4 in (6.9 cm); w. 2 1/16 in (5.2 cm); th. 3/8 in (1 cm). Said to be from: Nag el-Deir, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Birds. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1926.
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 flint artifact shaped to suggest a bird form (bird-like head and body silhouette).
The image shows a light-colored, translucent stone object with a pointed end and a curved, bird-like body outline. One side appears to taper into what could be a stylized beak/head, while the opposite end curves outward, suggesting wings or the tail. The surface has natural flint texture and fracture planes typical of knapped stone; toolmarks are visible along edges. No carved hieroglyphs, cartouches, or legible text are visible. No painted pigments, metal, or other materials are apparent from the photograph.
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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.
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