Knife
Description
Caption: Knife, ca. 3300–3100 B.C.E.. Flint, 2 5/16 x 9 11/16 in. (5.9 x 24.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.120. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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 single elongated stone artifact with a pointed/rounded working edge, shown in profile against a plain background.
The image shows one blade-like object photographed from the side. The piece is thick through the middle, with a gently curved profile along most of its length. One end appears more narrowed and rounded, while the opposite end has a slightly notched/irregular termination consistent with a worked stone edge. The surface shows mottled, light tan to beige coloration with subtle banding/striations typical of worked flint or similar siliceous stone. No decorative elements, bindings, or attached hafting materials are visible. The photograph does not display any inscriptions or hieroglyphs, nor any Greek/Coptic/Arabic text. No cartouches or royal names are visible, and no human or divine iconography is present. Overall it appears to be a stone tool consistent with a flint knife from a predynastic context.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 09.889.120 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3266 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- 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.