Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry

Hoop Earring

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

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, gold bracelet with a plain design.

The artifact is a gold bracelet, crafted in a simple circular shape with a smooth and unadorned surface. It is made of solid gold, reflecting the craftsmanship typical of Egyptian metalwork. The bracelet’s open ends suggest it was intended to be worn by gently squeezing to fit the wrist.

decorative unknown excellent
Materials gold

Connections

Materials Gold

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281838 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 68.136.15 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546176 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.