Fishtail Knife
Description
Predynastic, Naqada I, ca. 3900–3650 B.C. Flint. L. 11.1 × W. 5.4 × Th. 0.9 cm (4 3/8 × 2 1/8 × 3/8 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1907.
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 small, worked stone tool with a leaf/fishtail-like outline and a pointed tip, photographed against a plain background.
A single object is centered in the image, oriented horizontally. It has a broad, triangular/leaf-shaped form at one end that tapers to a sharp point at the other, resembling a fishtail knife silhouette. The surface appears flint-like with retouched edges and a slightly translucent, sandy-beige to light brown coloration; minor chips and irregularities are visible along the edges and near the pointed end. No sculpted decoration, iconography, or legible inscriptions are visible. No deities or royal names are present.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116419291 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 07.228.162 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 552170 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.