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

Conical Boss from a Bowl

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Description

Gold

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 golden headdress or cap with intricate decorative patterns.

The artifact is a gold headdress featuring a conical shape with detailed ornamental patterns along its brim. The ornate design suggests skilled craftsmanship with concentric circles adorned with intricate motifs and raised relief elements along the crown's base.

decorative unknown excellent
Materials gold

Connections

Materials Gold

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116245061 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.8.371 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545170 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.