Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Beaded Penannular Earring
Description
Gold, lapis-lazuli
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 gold ring adorned with multiple rows of blue beads.
The artifact is a decorative ring composed of smooth gold bands intricately wrapped with multiple rows of blue beads, possibly lapis lazuli. The craftsmanship reflects skilled metalwork and beadwork, typical of high-status Egyptian personal adornment. The blue and gold combination is visually striking and characteristic of Egyptian jewelry style.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
goldstone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276565 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.1358 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547616 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.
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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.