Bifacial Sickle Insert
Description
Neolithic Period, ca. 4500–4000 B.C. Flint. L. 9.3 × W. 2.9 × Th. 0.9 cm, Wt. 28.4g (3 11/16 × 1 1/8 × 5/16 in., 1.002oz.). 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.
A single small stone implement shown upright against a plain background, with a darkened, serrated edge on one side resembling a sickle element.
The photograph shows a small, vertically oriented, worked stone artifact with an irregular brown surface. One edge appears stepped/serrated with small notches, consistent with a cutting edge. The central area has darker patches and striations, possibly from use-wear or patination. The opposite face is not clearly symmetrical in the image, and no handle or hafting is visible. There are no hieroglyphs or other inscriptions visible, and no cartouches, deities, or royal names are present. The object reads visually as a stone cutting insert rather than a carved or inscribed religious or royal monument.
Connections
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.