Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Girdle with gold and lapis wallet-shaped beads
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 and lapis lazuli necklace from ancient Egypt.
The necklace consists of gold and lapis lazuli beads, showcasing ancient Egyptian craftsmanship. The style is elegant, with alternating gold and blue beads forming a symmetrical pattern typical of Egyptian jewelry. Notable features include the use of precious materials and the skillful arrangement of beads.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
goldlapis lazuli
Connections
Materials
GoldLapis Lazuli
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415307 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.8.60 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547635 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.