Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Girdle of Hepy
Description
Gold; lapis-lazuli
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 decorative necklace composed of gold and blue beads.
The artifact is a necklace featuring gold elements interspersed with strands of blue beads. The composition is symmetrical, with the gold beads acting as focal points against the more muted blue. The intricate threading technique indicates skilled craftsmanship, typical of ancient Egyptian jewelry-making artistry.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
goldfaience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245124 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 34.1.154 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545152 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.