Bead
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Faience. Diam. 1.3 cm (1/2 in.); th. 1.2 cm (1/2 in.). Probably from: Deir el-Ballas, Northern Upper Egypt. Credit: Gift of Albert M. Lythgoe, 1917.
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.
Small rounded faience object fragment with a dark drilled perforation.
The image shows a small, irregularly shaped blue-and-orange/green faience piece photographed against a white background. One side has a dark circular opening consistent with a drilled hole for stringing. No carved figures, legible hieroglyphs, or inscriptions are visible in the provided view. The piece appears chipped or worn, with uneven edges suggesting it may be a broken bead or fragment thereof rather than an intact decorative element.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281084 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 17.6.90 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 558078 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.