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

Pieces from a cylindrical pendant

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

Description

Gold, copper alloy

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 cylindrical artifact with visible colored markings.

The artifact appears to be a small, cylindrical piece with a beige base and spots of red and green coloring. The composition suggests it could be made of a composite material, perhaps with some form of paint or pigment applied. Its size and shape indicate it might have been part of a larger object or used as a decorative element.

decorative unknown good
Materials unknown

Connections

Found at Lisht North
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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.