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 shaped like an “umbrella” (umbel), with a red band across the lower surface.
The object is photographed against a plain light background. It appears as a shallow, rounded, dome-like form (a cone-to-dome transition) with a flaring rim at one end, consistent with the silhouette of an umbel pendant. The surface is primarily turquoise-blue (typical of faience glaze) with visible mottling, wear, and small pale areas. A prominent red pigment or inlaid band runs horizontally across the lower portion, with uneven edges and some fading, suggesting either painted decoration or surviving pigment from a design. No clear eyes/face, figure, or readable hieroglyphs are visible on the surface in this view. The pendant’s attachment method (loop/bore/hole) is not clearly shown in the image.
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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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