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

Belt

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Glazed steatite, shell

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.

Ancient Egyptian necklace or strands of faience beads.

The image depicts several strands of beads, likely made from faience, arranged in loops. The beads appear uniform in size and shape, displaying a typical blue-green coloration associated with faience artifacts. This composition suggests the item could have been used as personal adornment in ancient Egypt. The simplicity of the design emphasizes the material and craftsmanship of the period.

decorative unknown good
Materials faience

Connections

Found at Matmar
Materials Faience

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116235338 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 32.2.26 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 547333 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.