Bead
Description
Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom, Dynasty 12–18, ca. 1981–1295 B.C. Glazed steatite. L. 1 × W. 0.7 × H. 0.4 cm (3/8 × 1/4 × 3/16 in.). From: Cemetery, debris, Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1909.
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, oval Egyptian bead with a mottled dark surface and decorative spiral-like motifs in lighter tones.
The object is a single bead photographed against a plain white background. It appears rounded-oval and dark brown/black in base color with traces of blue-green glaze or pigment concentrated along some edges and recesses. The decoration consists of several raised or painted spiral/coil motifs arranged in a roughly symmetrical pattern across the face, with small ring-like elements at their centers. No visible piercing hole is clearly discernible from this angle/lighting, and no figurative scene or inscriptions are apparent. The catalogued identification as a glazed steatite bead is broadly consistent with the small form and presence of glaze-like coloration, but the exact material cannot be confirmed from the image alone.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281696 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 09.180.1074 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 557112 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.