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

Model of Papyrus Roll

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Description

Faience

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 blue cylindrical artifact, possibly a bead or amulet.

The object is a small, cylindrical piece with a bright blue color, suggesting it may be made from faience. It appears worn, with a smooth surface and no visible inscriptions or decorations. The size and shape suggest it might have been used as a bead or amulet, likely strung on a necklace or bracelet. The simplicity of the piece, along with its material, is typical of small personal artifacts from ancient Egypt.

decorative unknown good
Materials faience

Connections

Royals Thutmose
Materials Faience

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116413689 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.8.34 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544836 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.