Anklet
Description
Meroitic Period, A.D. 3rd century. Bronze. Diam. 11.4 × H. 44.2 cm (4 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.). From: Cemetery 1, Grave 1177, Faras, Lower Nubia, Nubia (Sudan). Excavation: University of Oxford Excavations in Nubia 1911–1912. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1913.
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.
Two views of a reddish-brown metal anklet shown from above, consisting of a circular hoop with engraved geometric/diagonal band decoration.
The image presents a pair of photographs of the same object: a thick circular anklet with a segmented look at the front where two ends or plates meet. The anklet’s exterior is covered with incised, repeating geometric patterns resembling cross-hatched/diagonal lines arranged in registers or panels. The hoop appears reddish-orange and worn, with surface darkening in places suggestive of age/oxidation. There are no clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic inscriptions visible; the markings appear purely decorative rather than textual. No deities or royal names are identifiable. The object is photographed against a neutral gray background and appears to be intact.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116442950 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 13.125.51a tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 576334 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.