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, likely used in daily life for cutting or scraping.
This artifact is a knapped flint tool, showcasing sharp edges and a symmetrical shape typical of prehistoric stone tools. The surface displays striking marks from the flint knapping technique, suggesting it was crafted for practical use. Its size and shape indicate it might have been utilized for cutting tasks or scraping hides.
daily life
Predynastic
good
Materials
flint
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415063 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 33.4.28 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547157 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.