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Floral collar from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache

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Description

Papyrus, olive leaves, persea leaves, nightshade berries, celery (?), faience, linen dyed red

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 broad collar crafted from organic materials.

This ancient Egyptian broad collar consists of layered rows of dried plant materials, accented by blue faience beads. Its semi-circular shape and intricate design reflect the importance of floral motifs in Egyptian decorative arts. The craftsmanship suggests a funerary or ceremonial use, indicating the cultural significance of such objects in ancient Egypt.

decorative New Kingdom good
Materials papyrusfaience

Connections

Found at Valley of the Kings
Royals Tutankhamun
Materials FaiencePapyrus

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q29385845 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 09.184.216 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544782 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.