Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Ball bead necklace
Description
Garnet, carnelian, agate
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 coiled string of beads, possibly made from agate or a similar stone.
The image depicts a string of beads coiled into a loop. The beads appear to be uniformly spherical and seem to be crafted from stone, possibly agate, as indicated by the accompanying note. The surface of the beads is smooth, suggesting careful polishing. The image may be a part of a photographic documentation or inventory process.
photographic documentation
unknown
good
Materials
agate
Visible text
"agate"
Connections
Materials
Agate
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245642 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.243 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545067 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.