Flint shaped like a bird
Description
eccentric. Predynastic–Early Dynastic, Naqada III–Dynasty 1, ca. 3300–2900 B.C. Flint. H. 4.4 x W. 3.9 x Th. 0.9 cm (1 3/4 x 1 9/16 x 3/8 in.). 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 knapped flint piece shaped like a bird form, with a curved outline suggesting a head and body/wing silhouette.
The image shows a single pale, off-white to light gray flint artifact photographed against a plain white background. Its chipped surface has fresh fracture planes and cortex-like remnants, with an overall silhouette resembling a bird: a broad curved “body” area tapering to a narrower point at one end, and a protrusion at the upper end that could be interpreted as a head/neck. The artifact has no visible inlaid decoration, no metal, and no clear diagnostic carved facial features due to the fragmented/chipped condition. No hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible on the object’s surfaces.
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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).
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