Tool
Description
Predynastic Period, ca. 3850–2960 B.C. Flint. Said to be from: Nag el-Deir, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. 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.
Photograph of a single flint stone tool shaped like an elongated implement with a pointed end and a hollow/concave working surface.
The image shows one detached lithic object on a light neutral background. The left end is pointed and tapering, consistent with a worked edge or tip. The opposite end is thicker and rounded, with a clear concave recess/flattened area on the right side that likely served as the functional part (e.g., scraping or cutting surface). The surface is natural-looking with patina and small chips, and the overall form suggests deliberate knapping rather than a fully polished object. No carved decoration, inlaid material, or legible inscriptions are visible.
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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.