Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Necklace with Amulets
Description
Faience (green, yellow, grey); glass (violet)
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 necklace composed of various small amulets and beads.
The image depicts an ancient Egyptian necklace made up of a string of small amulets interspersed with multicolored beads. The amulets appear to be shaped like various figures and symbols, possibly representing deities or protective symbols, typical of Egyptian jewelry. The necklace showcases vibrant colors, including blue, green, and yellow, characteristic of materials such as faience and semi-precious stones used in Egyptian adornments.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
faiencesemi-precious stones
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116274899 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 11.215.217 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548613 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.