Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Fish Pendant
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 gold fish amulet with a tail and fin made from a darker material.
The artifact is a small gold fish amulet, featuring detailed craftsmanship primarily in the head and body. The tail and fins are composed of a contrasting darker material, possibly copper alloy. The design suggests an artistic representation common in personal adornments or symbolic charms. Notable is the simplicity of form combined with the use of mixed materials.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
goldcopper alloy
Connections
Materials
GoldCopper Alloy
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116275333 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1971.272.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548409 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.