Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
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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 from ancient Egypt.
The image depicts a flint tool, notable for its chipped edges which suggest it was crafted for cutting or scraping. The flint is multi-toned, displaying natural banding with a polished surface indicative of careful craftsmanship. The object appears to be well-preserved with no visible inscriptions or iconography.
unclear
unknown
excellent
Materials
flint
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415067 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 33.4.31 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547160 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.