Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Bangle
Description
Shell (marine)
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.
Two ancient Egyptian ivory bracelets.
The image depicts a pair of elegantly formed ivory bracelets, each slightly irregular in shape, suggesting they might have been handcrafted. They exhibit a polished surface with some natural discoloration due to age. The simplicity and smoothness of the design reflect the artisanal skills of ancient Egyptian craftsmen.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
ivory
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116277832 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 35.7.39 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547347 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.