Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Necklace with carnelian barrel bead
Description
Blue faience, carnelian
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.
An ancient Egyptian necklace composed of small beads.
The necklace consists of uniformly small, cylindrical beads arranged in a continuous strand. The beads appear to be made from a material resembling faience or similar stone, with one central bead that is larger and possibly made of a material like carnelian. The composition is simple yet elegant, typical of personal adornments in ancient Egypt.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
faiencecarnelian
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245521 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.277 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545093 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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