Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry

Fragment of a votive bracelet

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Description

Faience

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, rectangular fragment of light-colored material with patches of turquoise-blue surface, likely from a glazed votive object such as a bracelet.

The image shows a compact, rectangular fragment with rounded edges and chipped surfaces. The original surface appears worn and abraded, but a turquoise-blue glaze or pigment remains in several areas, suggesting a faience-like coating. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, deities, or named figures are legible on the fragment in this image. The front face contains faint, darker blue/green patches that could be decorative or residue, but the motif is not distinct enough to describe reliably. The reverse/other surfaces are not clearly visible enough to confirm any structural features beyond being a small fragment. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.

unclear New Kingdom (Ramesside period), consistent with catalogue; exact dating uncertain from image alone. fragmentary
Materials turquoise-blue glazed surface (faience-like)light core material (likely unfired/eroded ceramic)

Connections

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116442687 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 09.182.19.17 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 573205 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).
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.