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Sickle Insert

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Description

New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19–20, ca. 1186–1070 B.C. Flint, adhesive (lime plaster ?). L. 6.6 × W. 2.6 × Th. 1.1 cm, Wt. 18.7g (2 5/8 × 1 1/16 × 7/16 in., 0.66oz.). 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.

A small, wedge-shaped flint blade fragment with a rounded basal end and a drilled/haft hole near one side, consistent with a sickle insert. No readable inscriptions or iconography are visible.

The object is shown in isolation against a plain background. It appears as a narrow, triangular to lanceolate flint piece with a pointed tip at the top and a broader, rounded base at the bottom. The surface shows dark speckling and weathering typical of flint. Along one lateral area near the lower portion there is a small circular hole that likely relates to hafting/attachment to a handle with adhesive. There is no visible decoration, carved scene, or hieroglyphic text. The condition looks weathered but not obviously broken beyond the fragmentary nature of the insert; overall edges appear intact enough for a tool fragment.

unclear New Kingdom (Ramesside period), as per catalogue (no period-diagnostic inscription visible). good
Materials flint

Connections

Found at Lisht
Materials Flint

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116440577 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 09.180.2071 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 568320 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.