String of beads with shell pendant
Description
Meroitic Period, 30 BC–364 AD. Faience, shell. L. 83.8 × Dia. 0.4 cm (33 × 3/16 in.). From: Cemetery 1, Grave 195, 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 close view of a necklace/amulet string made of many small rectangular blue-green faience-like beads, ending in a small shell pendant shaped like a conical/teardrop shell.
The image shows a long strand of beadwork laid against a light background. The beads are predominantly turquoise/blue-green with occasional darker accents, and they appear uniform in size and shape, consistent with faience bead strings. Near the left end hangs a small pendant/element that clearly differs from the beads: it looks like a natural shell fragment or shell-shaped piece (a narrow conical/teardrop form with a pale exterior and darker interior/edge). A small green bead and/or spacer is visible near the center of the strand above the pendant. No cartouches, deity iconography, or carved hieroglyphs are visible on the beads or pendant in this photograph.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116438518 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 13.125.65 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 561738 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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).
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