Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Carved Plaque from a Bracelet
Description
Sard
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 carved gemstone depicting a seated sphinx with wings and a crowned human head.
The artifact is an intricately carved gemstone featuring a winged sphinx with the head of a human, adorned with an elaborate crown. The style is detailed, showcasing fine lines to represent feathers on the wings and the facial features. The composition is balanced, with the sphinx facing left, appearing to be in motion or alert.
decorative
Ptolemaic
fragmentary
Materials
carnelian
Connections
Materials
Carnelian
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247728 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.1342 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544497 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.
- 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.