Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
String of beads with shell pendant Meroitic PeriodFaras
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
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
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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