Necklace with beads and a scarab
Description
Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom, ca. 1991–1450 B.C. Hematite. L: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.);Scarab: H. 0.6 × W. 0.8 × L. 1.1 cm (1/4 × 5/16 × 7/16 in.). From: Tomb CC 24, Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Carnarvon excavations. Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926.
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 round-bead necklace made of dark, highly reflective beads, with a small scarab-like element at the top of the strand.
The image shows a necklace displayed against a light background. Most of the strand is composed of evenly sized, dark spherical to ovoid beads with a metallic/glossy surface. At least one small central element at the upper left appears slightly different in shape and could represent a scarab component; however, the figure is too small and indistinct to confirm a scarab with certainty. The joining elements at the ends appear to be small cord/fastener pieces rather than inscriptions. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, or legible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are visible.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247713 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.1379 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 552390 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.