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

Fragment of a votive bracelet

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

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.

Rectangular fragment of an Egyptian object with incised/painted decorative motifs and partial black markings on a light brown substrate.

The image shows a small, irregular rectangular fragment with rounded edges and a mottled light brown surface. Across the face are dark (black to dark brown) painted/incised elements including a large curved/loop-like motif near the lower portion and smaller vertical/linear marks above it. Additional dark traces appear toward the upper half, but the full pattern is incomplete due to the fragmentary condition. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text are visible at this resolution. The overall look suggests a decorated ceramic/glazed piece consistent with a small votive or personal ornament fragment, but the exact bracelet/amulet form is not fully recoverable from the single fragment.

unclear New Kingdom (Ramesside), as catalogued (surface markings not sufficient to refine further). fragmentary
Materials unknown (surface appears ceramic/stone-like; catalogued as faience)

Connections

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116442691 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 09.182.19.19 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 573207 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.