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Model collar of Hapiankhtifi

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Description

Model collar, Hapiankhtifi. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981–1802 B.C. Wood, gold leaf, gesso, textile. W. 17 × Th. 1.5 cm (6 11/16 × 9/16 in.). From: Tomb of Hapiankhtifi, Mummy, Meir, Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Khashaba excavations, 1910–12. Credit: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1912.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A gold-leaf covered, crescent-shaped ornamental collar fragment with incised or relief-like decorative bands around its inner edge and a small area of text-like strokes at the top.

The image shows a fragmentary Egyptian collar or neckpiece in a broad U/crescent form. The outer surface is covered with gold leaf (or gilded material) over a lighter core, with multiple grid-like or banded decorations incised/pressed into the surface. Near the upper right area of the collar there is a small cluster of rectangular/linear marks resembling hieroglyphic or text-like strokes, but the characters are not clear enough to transcribe reliably. The left upper edge is broken, indicating loss of material; the inner curvature is intact enough to show it is a collar segment. No clear royal name cartouches are visible. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is apparent.

decorative Middle Kingdom (per catalogue); image itself does not provide secure chronological markers fragmentary
Materials gold leafgilded surfacewood or organic core (not directly visible but consistent with fragment)
Signs unidentified hieroglyphic/text-like strokes (exact signs unclear)

Connections

Found at Meir
Materials Gold LeafGilded Surface

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281551 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 12.183.16 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546292 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.