Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Sweret Bead on Gold Wire New KingdomWadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D
Description
Torque?, Sweret bead. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Carnelian, gold. Diam. of wire 10 cm (3 15/16 in.) ; L. of bead 1.9 cm (3/4 in.); diam. 1 cm (3/8 in.). From: Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Credit: Fletcher Fund, 1920.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276534 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.8.113 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547641 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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