Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture

Blade Fragment

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Description

Flint

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 small, wedge/leaf-shaped blade-like fragment with a blunt base and a pointed/rounded tip, shown against a plain background. Some red pencil/ink markings are visible on the surface.

The artifact is presented in a single view, lying horizontally. It appears as a small, smooth-edged fragment with a triangular/wedge outline and a tapering form toward one end; the opposite end is broader and blunter. The surface is largely uniform light brown to tan, consistent with stone/knapped material. A small lighter/white chip is visible near the rightmost tip. Faint red markings (likely modern inventory/collection notes) are visible on the lower portion of the face, but no clear carved or inscribed hieroglyphs or other script are visible. No iconography, figures, or cartouches are apparent. No additional text in Greek, Coptic, or Arabic is visible.

unclear Early Dynastic Period ? (catalogue ground truth; image itself does not provide diagnostic dating) fragmentary
Materials stoneflint (consistent with catalogued flint)

Connections

Found at Deir el-Ballas
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