Pin
Description
Cosmetic Pin. Predynastic, Naqada II, ca. 3500 B.C. Ivory. L. 8.4 × Diam. 0.6 cm (3 5/16 × 1/4 in.). From: Fort Cemetery (Hk 27), Tomb 6, Hierakonpolis (Nekhen), Southern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1934–35. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1935.
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.
The image shows a small, flat ivory pin or needle-like object with a rounded tip on one end and a squared-off/trimmed end on the other.
The artifact is photographed against a plain light background. It appears as a slender, elongated piece with minimal ornamentation. One end has a rounded, slightly tapered tip, while the opposite end looks cut or worn to a straighter, squared profile. The surface is pale yellow to beige with subtle variations in tone consistent with a natural material. No visible decoration, iconography, or carved hieroglyphs are apparent on the image provided. No text in hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic scripts is visible.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415034 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 35.7.50 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547130 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.