Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · tool

Tool (?)

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Description

Neolithic–Predynastic Period, ca. 5000–3100 B.C. Flint. 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.

Photograph of a single bifacially worked stone implement fragment with a curved, concave working surface and a dark, flaked edge.

The image shows one small artifact photographed against a light background. It appears to be a roughly oval/curved flint piece with extensive chipping and flaking along the margins. The center area is slightly concave/flattened, suggesting a worked edge suitable for cutting or scraping. No carved decoration, figures, or readable inscriptions are visible. The object does not display any cartouches or formal hieroglyphic bands; no Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is present.

unclear Neolithic–Predynastic (consistent with stone tool appearance; exact subtype unclear) fragmentary
Materials flint

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Flint
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