Necklace of amulets
Description
Necklace, amulets. Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom, Dynasty 12–18, ca. 1981–1295 B.C. Blue faience. l. 8 cm (3 1/8 in). From: Cemetery, debris, Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1915.
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.
The image shows a small blue faience necklace fragment or strand composed of multiple star-like/amulet-shaped beads linked together.
A close-up photograph depicts a short length of an Egyptian-style necklace made of dark blue turquoise/blue faience elements. The visible components are small, flat, star/six-pointed rosette-like amulet forms with central dot-like details, connected in sequence. The edges and backs are only partially visible, and no clear attachment cord, metal fittings, or full-length necklace context is seen. No hieroglyphic, cartouche, or readable textual inscriptions are visible on the photographed elements, and no explicit deities are identifiable from the shapes alone (they are consistent with generic amulet motifs such as rosettes).
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281455 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.3.491 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 557484 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.