Cymbal
Description
Music, cymbal. Roman Period, 30 B.C.–A.D. 364. Copper Alloy. h. 1.3 cm (1/2 in); diam: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in). From: Egypt. Subject: Musical Instruments. Credit: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910.
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 single round bronze/copper-alloy cymbal fragment with greenish surface corrosion and a central suspension/attachment area obscured by wear and a fracture along the rim.
The image shows a cymbal-like object viewed from one face: a broad circular metal disc with a slightly uneven, corroded surface. The rim is damaged, with a visible break/notch near the upper edge and a crack/tear line across the disc. The surface is heavily green patinated (copper corrosion) with darker areas and pitting. A small rectangular/number-like marking in reddish/oxidized material appears near the center, reading approximately “10.130.3532” (museum/accession-style). No clear Egyptian hieroglyphs, cartouches, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text are visible. No clearly identifiable deity iconography or royal inscriptions are present.
Inscriptions (1)
Visible text (machine reading)
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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.
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