Sickle Insert
Description
New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19–20, ca. 1186–1070 B.C. Flint, adhesive (lime plaster ?). L. 6.6 × W. 5.4 × Th. 1.8 cm, Wt. 72.4g (2 9/16 × 2 1/8 × 11/16 in., 2.554oz.). From: Cemetery, Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1908–10. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1909.
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.
Fragment of a lithic object shaped like a sickle insert, with a dark, porous flint-like piece attached to or embedded in a pale backing/support.
The image shows a small, irregular wedge-shaped fragment photographed against a light background. One face is dominated by a dark gray to black, dense, porous-looking material consistent with flint (or similarly hard siliceous stone). Adjacent to it is a pale, chalky/tan surface with mottled texture that appears to be a backing or adhering matrix (possibly lime plaster/adhesive as suggested by the catalogue). No clear metal, wood, or pigment layers are visible. There are no legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic inscriptions present on the photographed surfaces. No deities or royal names can be identified from the fragment.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116440547 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 09.180.1377 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 568282 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.