Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Ring of Hatnefer
Description
Silver, glazed steatite
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 faience piece with spiral and stylized insect motifs.
This artifact features a symmetrical design on a faience surface, with central spiral motifs flanked by stylized forms resembling insects or plants. The design is emphasized by contrasting colors likely achieved through inlay or incising techniques. The artifact exhibits craftsmanship typical of decorative works, possibly part of jewelry or an amulet.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
faiencepossibly wood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245200 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 36.3.4 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545142 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.