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

Pectoral Fragment

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Description

Late New Kingdom–early Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 19–22, ca. 1200–700 B.C. Faience. H. 6 × W. 8.6 × D. 1 cm (2 3/8 × 3 3/8 × 3/8 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A turquoise-blue faience pectoral fragment with recessed, carved decorative borders and fragments of iconography and hieroglyphic-like marks on a rectangular plaque.

The image shows a rectangular, turquoise-blue faience piece mounted on a dark support. The upper edge includes a molded band resembling a border or frame, while the central field contains shallow relief lines and areas of darker-blue inlays/contours. In the middle and lower portions, there appear to be small, blocky sign shapes or decorative motifs, but they are too fragmentary to securely read as specific hieroglyphs. No legible royal names or cartouches are visible. The object’s edges and internal design suggest it is part of a larger pectoral or jewelry panel; however, the exact figure(s) or deity attributes are not clear from the remaining fragment. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.

decorative Late New Kingdom–early Third Intermediate Period (per catalogue; specific signs not legible enough to refine). fragmentary
Materials faienceturquoise-blue glazeinlaid/darker blue pigment or contrasting glaze (unclear)
Signs unidentified hieroglyphic/decorative sign fragments ×3

Connections

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116408687 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 2021.41.107 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 329885 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.