String of beads
Description
Beads, string. Meroitic Period, 30 BC–364 AD. Carnelian, glass. L. 16.7 × Dia. 0.6 cm (6 9/16 × 1/4 in.). From: Cemetery 1, Grave 2535, Faras, Lower Nubia, Nubia (Sudan). Excavation: University of Oxford Excavations in Nubia 1911–1912. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1913.
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 necklace-like string of small dark red and reddish beads arranged in a single loop on a light background.
The image shows a circular/oval loop of closely spaced beads forming a necklace or string of beads. The beads are predominantly deep red/dark red with some darker (brown/black) beads mixed throughout; a few beads appear light/golden-brown. Thin pale cords or stringing material is visible at the top where the loop is suspended. No figures, cartouches, or religious iconography are present. There is no visible hieroglyphic or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text; the object appears to be purely a bead string.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116438515 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 13.125.53 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 561732 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.