Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Projectile Point
Description
Stone
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 thin, pointed ancient tool made from stone.
The artifact is a small, elongated stone tool with serrated edges, possibly used for cutting or scraping purposes. It has a finely worked, symmetrical appearance typical of tools from the Neolithic period. The stone appears to be flint, showing some patination with a reddish hue. A modern identification number (64.20.4.7) is painted on its surface.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
flint
Connections
Materials
Flint
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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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