String of beads of Hapiankhtifi
Description
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981–1802 B.C. Faience. L. 35.4 × Diam. 18 cm (13 15/16 × 7 1/16 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 circular string of small turquoise-green faience beads forming a necklace-like loop.
The image shows a necklace consisting of numerous uniformly sized, rounded faience beads arranged in a continuous loop. The beads have a glossy turquoise/green glaze with visible speckling and weathering, and their surfaces show small dark inclusions or areas where glaze has worn. No separate string or clasp is visible; the beads appear contiguous and evenly spaced. There are no discernible carved figures, iconography, or readable hieroglyphs on the beads in the provided image.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281668 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 12.183.23 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546298 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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