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

Jewelry element in the form of a lily

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Description

Gold, turquoise, lapis lazuli, carnelian

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.

Golden inlay ornament with a lotus flower motif.

The artifact is a decorative ornament featuring a lotus flower motif crafted with gold and inlaid with blue and turquoise materials. The design is symmetrical with detailed inlays that catch light, suggesting high craftsmanship typical of Egyptian decorative art.

decorative New Kingdom excellent
Materials goldfaience

Connections

Found at Dahshur
Materials FaienceGold

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116243461 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.7.1303 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545732 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.