Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
String of beads
Description
Faience (blue)
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.
An ancient Egyptian beaded necklace with several larger amulets or pendants.
The artifact consists of a necklace made from numerous small beads, interspersed with larger amulets or pendants. The necklace features a symmetrical arrangement with a central focus. The beads appear to be cylindrical or disc-shaped, while the pendants are more intricate, possibly depicting symbolic or religious motifs. The overall style suggests careful craftsmanship and an aesthetic balance.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
unknown
Connections
Found at
Asasif
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280526 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.10.287 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546907 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.