Cornflower Pendant
Description
Pendant, composite cornflower. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Faience. L. 1.7 cm (11/16 in). From: Palace of Amenhotep III, Malqata, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910–11. Subject: Flowers. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1911.
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 small, faience-like pendant shaped as a stylized cornflower (or flower) with a narrow attachment element.
The image shows a small pendant on a plain light background. The upper portion is an elongated, rounded-oval form painted in green with darker blue-green bands arranged like overlapping petals or a flower design. A small white/grey fragment sits at the top, suggesting a broken attachment or suspension area. The lower portion appears as a blue, folded or tassel-like element that flares outward, ending in irregular projections consistent with a broken edge. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, deity figures, or readable inscriptions are visible; the decorative painted pattern is the main feature. The object surface appears glossy, consistent with glazed faience, and there is no visible metal.
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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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