Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Lotus pendant
Description
Gold, carnelian, lapis lazuli, pigmented calcareous bedding material
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.
Triangular pendant depicting a design with blue, red, and gold colors.
The artifact is a triangular pendant showcasing a sun disk motif with gold outlines and vibrant blue and red sections, likely indicative of enamel or inlay work. The design features a stylized, symmetrical composition with radiating elements resembling rays, typical of Egyptian artistic motifs.
decorative
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
goldenamel
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116389441 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 43.2.5 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546197 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.