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Hinged Cuff Bracelet

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Description

Hinged cuff bracelet with name of Thutmose III on the inside. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Gold, carnelian, turquoise glass. H. 7 cm (2 3/4 in); diam. at top 6 cm (2 3/8 in); diam. at bottom 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in); carnelian bead l. 0.7 cm; w. 0.3 mm. From: Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Fletcher Fund, 1922.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A gold hinged cuff bracelet with engraved Egyptian motifs and a broad central inlay band in light and dark colored stones/glass, photographed against a light background.

The image shows a semi-cylindrical gold bracelet made of two hinged halves. The exterior surface is decorated with recessed engraved figures and hieroglyphic-like signs in vertical panels. One central panel contains a column of small signs above a larger seated/standing figure-like motif; the adjacent panels include additional symbol groupings. Around the bracelet, there are framed inlays/bands: a vertical central band with alternating light and reddish/orange elements, flanked by darker and light stripes. The hinges/opening are visible on the left side, indicating the bracelet is designed to open/close. A thin metal rod is placed next to the object, likely part of the display or photography scale rather than associated text. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The catalogued materials (gold, carnelian, turquoise glass) are broadly consistent with the visible gold surface and colored inlays, though the exact identification of each color as carnelian vs turquoise glass cannot be confirmed from this image alone.

decorative New Kingdom (catalogued) good
Materials goldcolored stone/glass inlays (exact types unclear; consistent with carnelian and turquoise glass per catalogue)
Signs Hieroglyphic signs/engraved symbol group (unreadable in detail)
Visible text "Unclear; vertical column of engraved hieroglyphic-like signs and figure/motif within a rectangular panel (not legible enough to transcribe)."

Connections

Found at Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D
Royals Thutmose III
Materials Gold

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116276532 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.8.129 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 547644 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
  • 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.