Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Pendant imitating a shell
Description
Gold
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 shell-shaped gold pendant with a small loop at the top.
The artifact is a gold pendant shaped like a clam shell, featuring a polished surface and a small, textured loop for suspension. The shell form is smooth and lacks detailed engraving or inscriptions, indicating its decorative use. The simplicity of the design suggests an emphasis on the natural shape of the shell.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
gold
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116249894 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 07.227.18 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544115 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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