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

Two acacia seed beads

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Description

Gold

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 small, symmetrical gold artifact with a mirrored shape.

This artifact is a gold object featuring a symmetrical mirrored shape that resembles two leaves or petals joined at their tips. It has a smooth finish and appears to be crafted with attention to detail. The artifact's composition and style suggest skilled metalworking, but its exact purpose or function is unclear.

decorative unknown excellent
Materials gold

Connections

Found at Dahshur
Materials Gold
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  • 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.
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