Biface, commonly referred to as a hand ax
Description
Lower Paleolithic Period, ca. 300,000–100,000 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.
The image shows a large, bifacial stone tool with flaked edges, resembling a hand axe (biface).
A single worked stone implement is photographed front-on against a neutral background. The object has a roughly teardrop/triangular outline with flaking on both faces (bifacial working). Visible edges show removals and a sharp working margin, with characteristic knapped scars along the surface. The material appears dark brown to gray along the edges and lighter tan/pink on one face, consistent with stone exposed by flaking. No hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible on the stone. No cartouches or royal names are present. No identifiable figurative imagery or religious iconography is visible.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116419280 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 06.322.17 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 552162 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.
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