Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry

Bead in the Form of a Date (?) New KingdomAsasif

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Description

Bead, Amenemhat. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, reign of Thutmose I–early sole Thutmose III, ca. 1504–1447 B.C. Egyptian blue. L. 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); Diam. 0.3 cm (1/8 in.). From: Tomb of Neferkhawet (MMA 729), east chamber, Burial of Amenemhat (V), inside coffin, basket, Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1935.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.

Connections

Found at Asasif
Materials Egyptian Blue

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116241171 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 35.3.26h tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 746253 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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