String of lentoid beads
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Egyptian Blue. L. 47.5 cm (18 11/16 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.
A single strand of dark blue, lentoid (disk-like) beads arranged in a loop, photographed against a light background.
The image shows a flexible necklace/strand consisting of many closely spaced, uniformly sized beads. The beads appear lentoid or lens-shaped in profile, each with a central perforation implied by the consistent threading. The overall color is deep blue with slight variations and a matte to satin surface, consistent with an Egyptian-blue composite or glaze appearance. The strand is coiled into an oval loop; both ends are visible, with one end showing a small irregularity or attachment point. No carved or incised imagery is visible on the beads at this resolution, and no hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text appears anywhere on the object in the photograph. No royal cartouche or name is identifiable.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415510 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.8.69a tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548522 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.