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Belt of beadwork apron of Senebtisi

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Description

Light and dark green, blue and black faience, paint

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.

Beaded apron belt made of alternating green and dark-toned faience beads, with a central rectangular inscribed panel.

The object is a wide belt/strap composed of dense beadwork across the top edge. Hanging from the lower edge are multiple rows of slender vertical elements resembling beaded/rod-like pendants, each separated by dark spacers and grouped by occasional thicker bead strands. Several colors are visible among the pendants, including light and dark green, teal/blue-green, and dark (brown/black) tones; small dark connectors appear at intervals. In the center of the top belt is a light-colored rectangular plaque bordered by darker material, bearing an incised/painted hieroglyphic-like design (a geometric sign resembling a pair of vertical strokes with a curved/looped element). No clear Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.

decorative Middle Kingdom (per catalogue) good
Materials beaded faience (blue/green tones)dark metallic/stone-like elements for connectorspainted/inscribed light-colored central plaque
Signs Incised/painted geometric hieroglyphic-like motif on central rectangular plaque (exact sign unclear)
Visible text "Central rectangular plaque shows an incised/painted geometric hieroglyphic-like motif; exact reading unclear."

Connections

Found at Lisht

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116297775 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 08.200.29d tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 692411 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.