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

Necklace with shell pendants of Senebtisi

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Description

Gold, faience, carnelian, turquoise

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 necklace featuring multiple rows of beads with teardrop-shaped pendants.

The artifact is an elaborate necklace composed of rows of small, colorful beads with prominent teardrop-shaped pendants. The beads are strung in a symmetrical pattern, indicative of skilled craftsmanship. The use of colorful beads suggests adornment purposes, possibly worn by someone of high status.

decorative unknown excellent
Materials stonebeads

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Materials StoneBeads

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116245119 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 07.227.8 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545153 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • 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.