Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Necklace with disc beads and amulets
Description
Carnelian, gold, silver, faience, glass, yellow stone, tin
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 necklace composed of beads and amulets of varying shapes and colors.
The necklace features a series of amulets and beads made from various materials like faience, carnelian, and other stones, each shaped differently. Some pieces resemble animals and symbols usually associated with protection and good fortune. The arrangement and choice of materials suggest an emphasis on aesthetic appeal and symbolic significance.
decorative
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
faiencecarnelianstone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276560 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.1375 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547621 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.