Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Ceremonial Implement in the Shape of an Ankh
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 faience ankh artifact is depicted.
The image shows a beautifully crafted ankh symbol made from blue faience, a material often used in ancient Egyptian artifacts. The ankh features a loop at the top, representing eternal life, with a cross-like structure below it. The craftsmanship indicates precise lines and a glossy finish typical of decorative objects.
decorative
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
faience
Signs
ankh
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246332 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.8.29 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544840 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.