Core

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

A core is a stone from which flakes have been detached to be made into tools. This particular one was found in a tomb, in a prominent position below the head of an individual identified as an older male. The deceased also held a projectile point in his hands (accession # 32.2.24). Stone tools are not very common in Egyptian tombs, and cores even rarer. Its presence may show a concern for the ability to produce (and use) tools in the afterlife, or it could relate to the tomb owner’s occupation during life.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.

Metropolitan Museum of Art