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Bifacial knife with hooked handle Early Dynastic PeriodAbydos
Description
Early Dynastic Period, Dynasty 1–2, ca. 3100–2649 B.C. Flint. L. 12.4 × W. 3 × Th. 8 cm (4 7/8 × 1 3/16 × 3 1/8 in.). From: Osiris Temple precinct, Abydos, Northern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Egypt Exploration Fund excavations. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1902.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
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