Fishtail Knife
Description
Predynastic, Naqada II, ca. 3650–3300 B.C. Flint. L. 16.7 × W. 5.7 × Th. 0.7 cm (6 9/16 × 2 1/4 × 1/4 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910.
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.
A small, leaf-shaped flint implement resembling a fish-tail knife, shown in side view against a neutral gray background.
The image shows a single knappable lithic object with a pointed, almond/leaf-like form and a narrow central region, consistent with a fish-tail knife silhouette. The surface is light brown to tan with visible flaking/knapping marks and weathering. The tip is sharply pointed on the left; the right end is more rounded/blunted. No decoration, hafting components, or any attached handle material are visible. There are no visible hieroglyphs or any Greek/Coptic/Arabic text on the object. No cartouches or royal names are present.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415115 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 10.130.1222 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547195 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.