Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Hoop Earring
Description
Gold
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 simple, unadorned circular gold artifact that appears broken.
The image depicts a plain gold artifact in the shape of a ring or hoop with a noticeable break or gap. The artifact is minimalistic, lacking any engravings or intricate design. The smooth surface and lack of ornamentation suggest it may have been a functional piece, possibly personal jewelry.
unclear
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
gold
Connections
Materials
Gold
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281850 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 68.136.14 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546172 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.