Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Anklet of Wah
Description
Faience, linen thread
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.
String of blue faience bead segments laid out horizontally.
The image depicts a collection of faience bead segments, known for their vibrant blue color, arrayed in rows. The beads are tubular and evenly arranged on strings, demonstrating fine craftsmanship. Their placement on a plain background highlights their coloration and simplicity, typical of Egyptian decorative elements.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245053 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 40.3.5 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545181 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.