Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Bifacial Sickle Insert
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.
The image shows a flint blade, likely used as a tool or weapon.
This artifact is a flint blade characterized by its elongated and tapering shape, with visible retouching along the edges. The coloration suggests weathering and usage over time. Its composition and craftsmanship indicate it may have been used for cutting or scraping.
unclear
Predynastic
good
Materials
flint
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116389386 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 33.4.19 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547151 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.