Date Pendant
Description
Pendant, dates. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Faience. L. 2.1 cm (13/16 in). From: Palace of Amenhotep III, Malqata, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910–11. Subject: Fruit. 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, teardrop/seed-shaped Egyptian pendant with glazed ceramic colors (red body with yellow and blue areas) and a rounded loop at the top for suspension.
The image shows a single pendant oriented vertically against a light background. The object has an elongated teardrop or date-like silhouette with a rounded top loop/hole for attachment. The surface appears to be glazed and brightly colored: the top portion is mainly blue, with a yellow band/patch and a red central body. The glaze is glossy but worn, with scuffs and small chips visible. No clear carved hieroglyphs, cartouches, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text are visible on the front surface in this view.
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.