Projectile Point
Description
Arrowhead, Projectile Point. Early Dynastic Period, Dynasty 1, reign of Djer, ca. 3100–2900 B.C. Flint. L: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.). From: Umm el-Qaab, Tomb of Djer, Abydos, Northern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Egypt Exploration Fund excavations. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1901.
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.
The image shows a single, narrow, leaf-shaped lithic object photographed against a yellow fabric background.
A vertically oriented projectile-like point occupies the center of the frame. The object has a pointed tip at the top and a broader base at the bottom, with visible edge chipping/flaking consistent with a worked stone implement. Surface texture includes shallow striations and fracture lines; no carved or painted decoration is visible. There are no clearly readable hieroglyphs or any Greek/Coptic/Arabic text on the visible surfaces.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116277432 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 01.4.76 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547410 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.