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Armlet

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Description

Bangle, bracelet. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Faience. Diam. 11 cm (4 5/16 in); th. 1.5 cm (9/16 in). From: Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Credit: Fletcher Fund, 1920.

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 turquoise-blue circular armlet/bracelet made of a glossy mineral or ceramic-like material, with some dark speckling and edge wear.

A ring-shaped object is photographed against a light background. The armlet has a uniform circular profile with a hollow interior opening. The outer surface is predominantly turquoise-blue, with darker brown/black speckling and patches along the circumference, especially near the lower right edge. The thickness appears consistent around the band. No decorative motifs, figures, or readable hieroglyphs are visible on the photographed surface; any markings are too indistinct to identify. The object’s surface shows signs of wear/chipping consistent with age or handling. No modern labels or text are visible in the image, and there are no discernible cartouches, royal names, or deities.

decorative New Kingdom (catalogue ground truth); exact dating unclear from image alone good
Materials faience-like ceramic/glaze (turquoise-blue)

Connections

Found at Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116388997 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.8.143 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 548459 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.
  • 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.