"Pan Grave" Necklace
Description
Object Label: Archaeologists working in Upper Egypt and Lower Nubia continue to discover shallow, round graves with concave bottoms. These so-called pan graves often contain simple jewelry such as the necklaces displayed here, non-Egyptian pottery, and large numbers of weapons. The people buried in "pan graves" were probably the Medjay, nomads from the eastern Nubian desert who served in the Egyptian army as scouts and light infantry during the wars of liberation against the Hyksos. Caption: "Pan Grave" Necklace, ca. 1630–1539 B.C.E.. Shell or bone, Length: 17 11/16 in. (45 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 02.241. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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 string of small, disk-like beads forming a simple necklace.
The image shows a necklace composed of numerous small, evenly-sized disk beads strung together in a single line. The beads appear to be made of a light-colored material and are uniform in shape, suggesting careful crafting. This simple, yet elegant design might have been used as jewelry in ancient times.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 02.241 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3201 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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