Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Fishtail Knife
Description
Obsidian
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.
An elongated, finely carved black object resembling a comb or tool.
The object features several equally spaced, precise ridges resembling teeth, suggesting it might be a comb or a tool with a serrated edge. Made of a glossy black material, it lacks any visible inscriptions or iconography. The carving is meticulous, displaying a high level of craftsmanship, indicative of either decorative or utilitarian purposes.
unclear
unknown
excellent
Materials
unknown
Connections
Found at
Abydos
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415121 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 24.2.13 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547201 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.