Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Bead in the Shape of an Acacia Seed
Description
Carnelian
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.
An orange gemstone amulet carved in an elliptical shape.
The artifact is a polished orange gemstone amulet, carved in a symmetrical elliptical form. The surface is smooth with visible facets that catch and reflect light. Its craftsmanship suggests detailed work common in decorative objects.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
gemstone
Connections
Materials
Gemstone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116282081 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 68.136.24 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546071 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.