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Finger stall

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Description

Finger stall, Group 1. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Gold. L. 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.); W. 2 cm (13/16 in.). From: Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Credit: Fletcher Fund, 1921–1922.

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-colored finger stall (cap) with a rounded top and a recessed oval/loop-like panel on the front.

The object is shown isolated against a light background. It appears as a metal finger stall/cap: a domed/rounded top narrowing slightly toward the base. The front face has a recessed, vertically oriented oval/arched motif resembling a decorative bezel or suspension loop panel. The surface shows casting/hammering marks and wear consistent with a small metallic artifact. No clear hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible, and there are no legible royal cartouches or inscriptions. No deities are depicted in identifiable form—only a geometric/ornamental recessed element. The overall appearance fits a gold finger stall as catalogued. Location noted in the prompt (Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D) is taken as ground truth; it cannot be visually confirmed from the image.

decorative New Kingdom (as per catalogue; not independently confirmable from image) good
Materials goldmetal (gold-colored)

Connections

Materials GoldMetal

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116246075 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.8.164 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 553262 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.