Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Large Ball Bead
Description
Faience
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 faience gaming ball from ancient Egypt.
The artifact is a small spherical object made of faience, featuring a blue and black coloration. Its surface is decorated with a geometric pattern, possibly used for gaming or ceremonial purposes. The craftsmanship and coloration indicate skilled artistry typical of Egyptian faience work.
daily life
unknown
good
Materials
faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280465 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.10.383 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546985 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.