Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Fragment of a fishtail knife
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.
A pale tan, flint-like fragment with a broad, curved profile and a shaped edge; no decoration or text is visible.
The image shows a single small fragment of stone, likely flint, with a smooth but uneven surface and visible flaking/knapping marks. The piece has a wedge-like, curved outline with one long side forming an edge suitable for a blade fragment. No carved figures, pigments, cartouches, or hieroglyphic signs can be clearly identified on the visible faces. The object appears uninscribed and undiagnostic for specific tool form beyond being consistent with a worked lithic fragment.
unclear
Predynastic Period (as catalogued)
fragmentary
Materials
flint
Connections
Found at
Deir el-Ballas
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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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