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Anklet

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Description

Meroitic Period, A.D. 3rd century. Bronze. Diam. 11 × H. 4 cm (4 5/16 × 1 9/16 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 bronze anklet shaped as a thick circular/oval ring, decorated with incised bands and geometric/possibly hieroglyphic-like motifs.

The image shows an object consistent with a wearable metal anklet: a thick circular band with a hollow interior, photographed from two angles (left and right). The surface is covered with a darker patina and is decorated with incised linear bands around the circumference. Near the bands, there are short repeated marks and stepped/rectilinear shapes that resemble decorative or inscription-like patterning, but no clear, legible hieroglyphs are confidently identifiable at this resolution. No deities or human figures are visible. No cartouche with a royal name is clearly readable. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. The object appears intact and well-preserved with intact incised decoration, though some surface wear/patina is present. The material is visually consistent with bronze due to the brownish oxidized surface. The catalog description as an 'Anklet' matches the visible form.

decorative Meroitic Period (as catalogued); specific inscription style not legible from image good
Materials bronze (oxidized patina)
Signs incised decorative marks (unreadable) ×20

Connections

Found at Faras
Materials Bronze

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116443537 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 13.125.51b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 586998 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.