Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Bifacial Knife
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.
An image of a flint tool or blade from ancient Egypt.
This artifact is a flint blade, characterized by its elongated and pointed form, typical of tools used in ancient Egypt for cutting purposes. The surface exhibits flaked patterns indicative of knapping techniques employed to sharpen and shape the tool. The tool reflects utilitarian design, showcasing skilled craftsmanship in its smooth and refined edges.
unclear
Predynastic
good
Materials
flint
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415057 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 33.4.24 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547153 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.