Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Ripple-Flaked 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 large ceremonial flint knife with a gently curved blade.
The artifact is a finely crafted ceremonial knife made from flint, characterized by its elegantly curved blade. The flint displays precise chipping techniques used to create a sharp, yet graceful edge. The knife likely served a ritualistic purpose due to its elaborate craftsmanship, which would have made it less suited for everyday use.
unclear
Predynastic
excellent
Materials
flint
Connections
Materials
Flint
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415100 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 07.228.105 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547184 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.