Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Shank of a cylinder amulet
Description
Gold, turquoise, lapis lazuli, bronze
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 cylindrical beads alternating in color.
The artifact is composed of cylindrical beads, each separated by thin spacer beads, showcasing an alternating color pattern. The materials appear to be faience or similar glazed ceramic based on the bright, vibrant hues. The craftsmanship indicates a high level of skill in creating uniform bead shapes and consistent color application.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243463 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.1308 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545729 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.