Tool
Description
Neolithic Period, Buto–Merimda–Maadi, ca. 4500–4000 B.C. Flint. L: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.). From: Merimda Beni Salama, Western Delta, Egypt. Excavation: Vienna Academy of Science excavations 1929–30. Credit: Gift of Albert Rothbart, 1933.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Photograph of a chipped stone implement/blade-like tool made from brownish flint, showing a hollowed working edge on one side and a rounded exterior.
The image shows a single lithic artifact photographed on a neutral grey background. The object appears irregularly oval and approximately bowl/concave along one face, with a central shallow cavity/indentation and an edge formed by flaking. The surface is mottled brown to beige with darker weathering patches; flake scars and fractured ridges are visible along the outer rim and around the concave area. No carved decoration, iconography, or lettering is visible. There are no clear hieroglyphs or any Greek/Coptic/Arabic text; the visible marks are consistent with knapping/scarring rather than intentional inscription. No deities, royal names, or cartouches can be identified from this image.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415070 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 33.4.34 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547163 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.