Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Fishtail 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 flint arrowhead with a triangular shape and serrated edges.
The image shows a small, finely crafted flint arrowhead, typical of toolmaking in ancient Egypt or other ancient cultures. The arrowhead is triangular with sharp, serrated edges and a pointed tip, designed for piercing. The material appears to be flint, a common choice for its hardness and ability to hold an edge. The craftsmanship indicates a skilled artisan, and it demonstrates the ancient techniques of pressure flaking.
unclear
unknown
excellent
Materials
flint
Connections
Materials
Flint
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)
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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.