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Hinged Cuff Bracelet

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Description

Bracelet, cuff. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Gold, carnelian, turquoise, glass. W. 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.). From: Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Fletcher Fund, 1922.

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.

A pair of gold hinged cuff bracelets shown from the front, with vertical panels of colored inlays (red/brown and light blue) separated by gold bands; the left cuff also has a narrow band of incised/relief-like figures and possible hieroglyphs.

The image shows two open/paired cuff bracelets with rounded ends, both gold-colored. Each cuff has a central, stepped arrangement of rectangular vertical fields: on the right cuff, these fields contain colored inlays—dark red/brown and light blue—framed by gold ridges. On the left cuff, a vertical panel contains crowded linework that resembles hieroglyphic figures or decorative motifs, bordered by gold bands; the exact signs are not fully legible at this resolution. No cartouches or clearly identifiable royal names are distinguishable. There is no visible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text. No deity iconography is clearly identifiable beyond the possibility of Egyptian-style decorated motifs in the left cuff’s central panel.

decorative New Kingdom (as catalogued); exact date cannot be confirmed from image alone. good
Materials goldcolored glass or stone inlays (light blue and red/brown)possibly carnelian (red/brown)possibly turquoise-like blue (unclear)unknown small amounts of other inlay material
Signs possible Egyptian hieroglyphic/drawing motifs (not fully legible) ×8
Visible text "Crowded vertical decorative/hieroglyph-like linework on the left bracelet panel; individual signs are too unclear to transcribe reliably."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Crowded vertical decorative/hieroglyph-like linework on the left bracelet panel; individual signs are too unclear to transcribe reliably.

Connections

Found at Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D
Materials Gold

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116275123 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.8.125 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 548513 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.