Jewelry chest of Sithathoryunet
Description
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Senwosret II–Amenemhat III, ca. 1887–1813 B.C. Ebony, ivory, gold, carnelian, blue faience, silver. L. 46 cm (18 1/8 in.); H. 36.7 cm (14 7/16 in.); W. 32.5 cm (12 13/16 in.). From: Tomb of Sithathoryunet (BSA Tomb 8), Lahun, Fayum Entrance Area, Egypt. Excavation: BSAE excavations 1914. Subject: Sithathoryunet-Jewelry. Credit: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Henry Walters Gift, 1916.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A rectangular, wooden jewelry chest with inlaid bands and decorative panels; the lid top shows small painted/outlined figures and the sides feature alternating vertical inlay stripes in dark and light materials with blue accents.
The image depicts a Middle Kingdom-style jewelry chest (trunk/casket) with a dark wooden frame and lid. The lid surface is decorated with several small, human-like or divine-looking standing figures rendered in light tones with colored accents, arranged in a row. The chest sides are covered by inset panels of light-colored inlay (possibly ivory-like) surrounded by dark wood. Along the side panels are multiple narrow vertical strips/bars, some appearing in gold-toned and others in blue-toned inlay, creating a striped decorative program. The front has a similar striped panel bordered by dark framing. No clear animal or scene narrative beyond the small figures on the lid is visible. A small cylindrical knob or finial sits at the center of the lid. No legible inscriptions are clearly readable at this resolution; no Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243932 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.1.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545520 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).
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