Bead with figure of Harpokrates
Description
Bead amulet, Harpokrates. Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 100 BC–100 AD. Glass, gold foil. H. 2.7 × W. 1 cm (1 1/16 × 7/16 in.). From: Egypt. 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 small gold-toned bead or pendant featuring a raised figure in outline relief.
The image shows a single, upright, vertically oriented bead-like object on a light background. Its surface is predominantly gold/yellow and decorated with a small central standing/leaning figure rendered in raised relief. The figure appears to hold or be associated with an implement and wears a distinctive headdress-like shape, but the exact deity attributes cannot be confirmed from the photo resolution. No clear hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic inscriptions are visible. No cartouches or royal names are apparent. The object’s decorative technique suggests metal foil or gilding; the presence of glass is not visually confirmable in this image, though it is consistent with the catalogue’s description of a glass bead covered with gold foil.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116251953 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 10.130.2475 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 551580 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.