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Tool (?)

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Description

Blade, Tool. Neolithic Period, Buto–Merimda–Maadi, ca. 4500–4000 B.C. Flint. L. 6.4 × W. 2.2 × Th. 0.5 cm (2 1/2 × 7/8 × 3/16 in.). From: Merimda Beni Salama, Western Delta, Egypt. Excavation: Vienna Academy of Science excavations 1929–30. Credit: Gift of Albert Rothbart, 1933.

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.

The image shows a small, broken flint implement with a trimmed, elongated blade-like profile against a light background.

A single small lithic piece is photographed in isolation. The object is light beige to tan with some darker edges where it has broken; it has a generally elongated, narrow form with a slightly curved profile and a sharper-looking working edge along one side. No carvings, painted decoration, or readable inscriptions are visible. No hieroglyphs, cartouches, or any text appear on the artifact surface in the photograph. The red/orange numeral or marking on the right edge appears to be a catalog/photography label rather than ancient writing. The catalog’s description as a “Tool (?)” made of flint is broadly consistent with what is visible, though the specific tool type is not determinable from the image alone. No figures of deities or royal names can be identified.

daily life Neolithic (Buto–Merimda–Maadi) — as catalogued; exact sub-period unclear from image alone. fragmentary
Materials flint

Connections

Found at Merimda Beni Salama
Materials Flint

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116415053 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 33.4.15 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 547149 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.