Bead in the Form of a Bunch of Grapes
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Faience. L. 2.2 cm (7/8 in). From: Palace of Amenhotep III, Malqata, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910–11. Subject: Grapes. 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 glazed blue faience bead carved in a rounded, bunch-like form with a perforation at the top.
The object is a single, small faience bead photographed against a light background. It appears sky-blue with a shiny glaze and possible weathering/chipping. The form is rounded/ovoid at the center with a protruding upper element that suggests a suspension point or attachment; the top also shows an opening consistent with a drilled perforation for threading. The surface has molded or incised textural details that could represent clustered grapes or a bunch motif, though the exact grape shapes are not sharply defined in the image. No painted decoration, hieroglyphs, or cartouches are visible. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text appears.
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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).
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