Retouched Levallois Point
Description
Middle Paleolithic Period, ca. 240,000–40,000 B.C. Flint. L. 10.9 × W. 3.8 × Th. 0.9 cm, Wt. 32.5g (4 1/4 × 1 1/2 × 3/8 in., 1.146oz.). From: Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Credit: Gift of C. T. Currelly, 1906.
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.
The image shows a single small, pointed stone tool viewed from the front, resembling a flint projectile point or bifacially worked lithic implement.
The artifact is photographed against a light neutral background with even lighting. It is a narrow, teardrop/leaf-shaped point with a sharp apex and a broader base. The surfaces show brown to dark brown coloration with a visible lighter band along one face, likely representing weathered cortex and/or patina. Subtle flaking/retouch is visible along the edges, consistent with a worked lithic point. No carved scenes, inscriptions, or painted elements are visible. No identifiable cartouches or hieroglyphs can be confirmed; the marks appear to be tool flaking rather than intentional writing. No deities, royal names, or other iconography are present.
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.