Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Ribbed Penannular Earring
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.
The image depicts two spiral copper rings.
The artifact consists of two spiral rings made from copper with multiple coils. The rings have a reddish-brown patina typical of aged copper. The ends of the coils are slightly open, and the rings are crafted with a consistent and uniform thickness throughout. The simplicity of the design suggests utility or common adornment, rather than ceremonial or highly decorative use.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
copper
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116235307 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.1335 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547613 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.