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

Ball bead necklace

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

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)
About this record's data
  • 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.