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

Projectile Point

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Flint

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A small, ancient arrowhead likely made from flint.

The artifact is a pointed arrowhead, crafted from flint. It showcases a bifacial flaking pattern, indicative of the skill involved in its creation. The edges are sharp and the overall craftsmanship is well-preserved, typical of tools used for hunting or warfare in ancient times.

unclear unknown excellent
Materials flint

Connections

Materials Flint

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116414450 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 64.204.3 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545842 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.