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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, 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: Cartouches. 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.

The image shows a pair of open hinged gold bracelets (cuff bracelets), decorated with recessed panels and bands of colored stone/glass; one bracelet is shown from the front and the other from a different angle with vertical inlays.

Two gold cuff bracelets are photographed side by side against a neutral background. The left bracelet is opened like a hinged cuff, revealing a central vertical decorative panel area with Egyptian hieroglyph-like markings stamped or incised into the gold. The right bracelet shows a similar hinged form with multiple vertical inlaid strips in red and blue/green glass or enamel set into recessed grooves, separated by gold borders. No clearly readable full cartouches are visible at this resolution; the marks on the left appear to be hieroglyphs but the exact signs are not confidently legible. There is no Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text visible.

decorative New Kingdom (catalogue ground truth; fine details not sufficient to independently confirm) good
Materials goldcarnelian-like red inlay (inlay color consistent with carnelian)glass/enamel in blue/green and red tones
Signs Possible hieroglyphic signs (not legible with confidence) ×10

Connections

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

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116275124 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.8.127 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 548514 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.