Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry

String of Leaf Beads

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Description

Beads, leaf. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Faience. L. 26 cm (10 1/14 in). From: Palace of Amenhotep III, Malqata, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910–11. Subject: Leaves. 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 necklace/strand composed of small blue faience beads linked to multiple elongated green leaf-shaped pendants.

The image shows a single circumferential string of turquoise-blue small beads forming a necklace/loop. Along the strand, several elongated, leaf-like green elements are attached at intervals; each leaf has a pointed tip and a central ridge or midline, resembling stylized leaf beads. The background is plain white, and no additional objects, figures, or iconography are visible. No hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text appears anywhere on the image. No cartouches or royal names are present. No deities are depicted; the object appears purely decorative/jewelry.

decorative New Kingdom (per catalogue); exact period uncertain from image alone good
Materials faienceblue-glazed beadsgreen leaf-shaped elements (glazed faience or similar)

Connections

Found at Malqata
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