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

Bangle

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

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

Connections

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.
  • 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.