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

Motto Clasp of Sithathoryunet

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Description

Gold, carnelian, paste

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 round, gold and stone artifact, possibly a pectoral or amulet.

The artifact is a circular piece primarily composed of gold, with a central red stone, likely a carnelian. The piece includes turquoise accents and features a flat base that could be for attachment or mounting. The composition suggests it may have been used as jewelry or a religious symbol.

decorative unknown excellent
Materials goldcarnelianturquoise

Connections

Found at Lahun

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116247863 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 16.1.19 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544417 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.