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

Broad collar

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Description

Faience

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 broad collar necklace made of multiple rows of green and beige beads.

This artifact is a broad collar necklace characterized by alternating rows of green and beige beads, crafted in a semicircular shape. The necklace is composed of meticulously arranged faience and stone beads, with teardrop-shaped elements hanging as fringes from the lower edge. The collar exhibits symmetry and could have been used in a ceremonial or decorative context, likely associated with high-status individuals.

decorative New Kingdom good
Materials faiencestone

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Materials FaienceStone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116245628 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 22.1.248 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545071 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.