Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Earring with bull's head whose eyes were previously inlaid
Description
Gold
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A gold bracelet with a twisted band and an animal head terminal.
The artifact is a gold bracelet featuring a twisted rope-like band, culminating in a detailed animal head, possibly a ram or bull, at one terminal. The craftsmanship exhibits intricate detailing around the head and along the connected band, suggesting it served as both a functional piece of jewelry and a decorative item. The bracelet showcases sophisticated metalwork typical of elite adornments.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
gold
Connections
Materials
Gold
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116242990 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 46.5 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545987 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.