Name: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access
Creator: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Egyptian Artca. 90,000–35,000 B.C.

Artwork Details

Title	Flake Tool
Medium	Flint
Dimensions	H. 7 x W. 5.4 x Th. 1.7 cm (2 3/4 x 2 1/8 x 11/16 in.)
Department	Egyptian Art
Date	ca. 90,000–35,000 B.C.
Credit Line	Rogers Fund, 1925
Object Page	View at The Met

Cultural Origin

Period	Middle Paleolithic
Date Range	95000 BC – 35000 BC

Provenance

Region	Western Desert; Kharga Oasis
Country	Egypt

Other works from the Middle Paleolithic period

ca. 90,000–35,000 B.C.Flake tool

ca. 90,000–35,000 B.C.Nubian point core

Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access · Object 590917