Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Ax or adze
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 flint tool with a pointed shape and central golden inclusion.
The artifact is a flint tool with a triangular shape, displaying careful flaking on its surface. At its center, there is a small inclusion of what appears to be gold, which is unusual for flint tools. The surface shows signs of wear, suggesting it may have been used extensively. This composition indicates a blend of utilitarian and possibly ceremonial use, typical of ancient practices where tools sometimes held symbolic significance.
daily life
unknown
good
Materials
flintgold
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415061 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 33.4.27 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547156 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.