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.
A stone tool or blade likely used for cutting or carving.
The artifact depicted is a flint blade or scraper, characterized by its elongated shape and chipped edges, typical of stone tool craftsmanship. This specimen showcases flintknapping techniques common in prehistoric times. It lacks any visible inscriptions or decorations, focusing purely on functional design.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
flint
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415059 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 33.4.26 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547155 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.
- 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.