Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Ball bead
Description
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.
A spherical object with a central hole, possibly a bead or artifact.
The image depicts a small, spherical artifact resembling a bead, with a central perforation, likely intended for stringing or fastening. The surface appears worn and the material is smooth. The color is uniform, suggesting it could be made of stone or clay, commonly used in ancient jewelry or decorative items.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
stone
Connections
Materials
Stone
About this record's data
- 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.