Atypical Levallois Point
Description
Middle Paleolithic Period, ca. 240,000–40,000. Flint. L. 12.1 × W. 5.6 × Th. 1.1 cm, Wt. 72.5g (4 3/4 × 2 3/16 × 7/16 in., 2.557oz.). 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 worked lithic point/flake tool with a sharp tip, photographed against a plain light background.
A solitary stone artifact is shown upright in three-quarter view. The object has a pointed distal end and a tapering body consistent with a bifacially worked core or projectile/knapping point. Surfaces appear dark brown to black with lighter gray/white flint-like areas; some edge damage and weathering are visible along the margins. No engraved or painted inscriptions, cartouches, or symbolic iconography are visible. No deities, royal names, or script are present; the subject appears to be a prehistoric stone tool rather than an Egyptian inscribed object. The catalogue ground truth describes it as a flint Levallois point from the Middle Paleolithic at Deir el-Bahri; the image is consistent with a flint lithic point, and there is no clear visual contradiction.
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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.
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