Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Bracelet
Description
Black, white and green 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 composed of rows of rectangular faience beads.
The artifact is a broad collar, typical of ancient Egyptian jewelry, made up of multiple rows of rectangular faience beads in varying shades of blue and green. The composition is symmetrical, with the colors carefully arranged to create a pattern. Such collars were often used for both decorative and symbolic purposes, representing protection and divine favor.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245586 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.259 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545082 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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