Retouched Levallois Point
Unknown Artist
ca. 240,000–40,000 B.C.
Medium
Flint
Dimensions
L. 10.9 × W. 3.8 × Th. 0.9 cm, Wt. 32.5g (4 1/4 × 1 1/2 × 3/8 in., 1.146oz.)
Classification
Tool, point, Levallois
Period
Middle Paleolithic Period
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of C. T. Currelly, 1906
Accession Number
06.322.37
About this artwork
This flint tool represents Middle Paleolithic technology from the Theban region of Upper Egypt, documenting human activity during a period spanning from approximately 240,000 to 40,000 years before present. The designation "Levallois point" refers to a sophisticated stone tool production technique named after a Parisian suburb where such artifacts were first identified. The Levallois technique involved carefully preparing a stone core to allow the removal of predetermined flakes of specific shap...