Flake Tool
Description
Middle Paleolithic, ca. 90,000–35,000 B.C. Flint. No measurement. From: Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Credit: Gift of C.T. Currelly, 1906.
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.
Photograph of a single lithic flake-like stone tool with a dark patinated core and lighter flaked edges on a neutral background.
The image shows one small object photographed from above. It appears to be a knapped flint artifact: a dark, irregular central body with several sharp, stepped removals along the edges and at least one lighter, freshly flaked surface. The tool is not shaped like carved sculpture and there are no visible markings arranged as hieroglyphs, cartouches, or text. No visible wooden/organic components, pigments, or metal are present; only stone surfaces are visible. The object’s appearance is consistent with a flint flake tool rather than an inscribed monument.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116419274 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 06.322.35 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 552158 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.