Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · cosmetic_object
Pin Predynastic, Naqada IIHierakonpolis (Nekhen)
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
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 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)
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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.