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

Acacia Bead Girdle of Senebtisi

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Description

Gold, carnelian, turquoise, lapis-lazuli, also possibly ivory (restored), crystal

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 long, bead-covered girdle/necklace-like strip made of multicolored small beads arranged in repeating bands, with gold-colored connecting elements visible along the length.

The image shows an elongated textile-like or leather-like base covered densely with small beads. The beads form alternating horizontal/diagonal color groupings (including blue/green turquoise-like beads and reddish/orange carnelian-like beads, plus yellow/white and darker blue accents). Along the edges and at intervals, there are small gold-toned elements or settings that suggest metal separators or mountings. No figural decoration or central pendant is clearly discernible in this cropped view; the object appears to be a bead girdle rather than a standalone amulet. The provided catalogue title identifies it specifically as an “Acacia Bead Girdle of Senebtisi,” but there are no readable inscriptions, cartouches, or hieroglyphs visible in the supplied image. Deities and royal names cannot be confirmed from this view. The overall condition appears good, with the bead surface intact and aligned, and no major losses are obvious in the frame.

decorative Middle Kingdom (as per catalogue; exact dating cannot be confirmed from image alone) good
Materials beads (multicolored; likely turquoise/blue-green, carnelian/red-orange, lapis-lazuli/darker blue, and light-colored beads)gold-colored metal mounts/connectors

Connections

Found at Lisht
Materials Faience

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116414920 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 07.227.13 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546869 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.
  • 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.