Umbel Pendant
Description
Pendant, umbel. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Faience. L. 0.6 cm (1/4 in). From: Palace of Amenhotep III, Malqata, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910–11. 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 turquoise-blue faience pendant fragment shaped like an amulet resembling an umbrella/umbel form, with a red-painted emblem or sign on its front.
The image shows a single small object with a rounded, bell-like/umbrella-bud silhouette tapering toward a thicker base. The surface is predominantly turquoise-blue, consistent with faience, with visible pitting/irregularities from manufacture or wear. On the front face there is a red-painted motif consisting of two to three hooked/curving elements and a short vertical stroke, though the full composition is incomplete or unclear due to damage. One side of the object includes an open perforation/hole typical of a pendant suspension point, visible as a dark void through the object. No clear cartouche, royal titulary, or clearly legible hieroglyphic sequence can be confidently identified beyond the red painted sign.
Inscriptions (1)
Visible text (machine reading)
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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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