Ring beads on original string
Description
Necklace of ring beads. Late Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom, Dynasty 13–18, early, ca. 1802–1450 B.C. Blue faience. l. 32.6 cm (12 13/16 in). From: Cemetery south of pyramid, House A1, so-called "faience factory", Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 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 circular strand of small blue faience beads, arranged as a ring/necklace loop.
The image shows a complete ring-like object formed by many small, cylindrical/rounded faience beads strung closely together. The beads are predominantly blue with slightly darker blue/blue-green surfaces, some showing chips or surface variation. The loop is photographed against a plain light background; no cord material is clearly visible, though the beads appear to be connected in a continuous string. No hieroglyphs, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text are visible, and no cartouches or royal names can be identified. No deities are depicted as figures; the object appears to be purely decorative/ritual jewelry beads.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281587 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.1249 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 557243 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.