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

Penannular Earring

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Description

Shell

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 penannular (open) ring-shaped earring made of a pale, translucent material.

The image shows a circular penannular ornament viewed from the front. The object is a near-complete ring with a clear gap; there are two concentric ridges or bands around the circumference, giving it a stepped profile. The surface appears smooth and slightly polished, with faint discoloration and minor edge wear. No attached hooks, clasp components, or decorative elements are clearly visible beyond the ring’s banded construction. The background is plain and studio-lit; no associated tool marks or mounting hardware are shown.

decorative New Kingdom (catalogue ground truth; cannot be independently verified from the image alone) good
Materials shell (pale yellow-beige translucent appearance; catalogue ground truth)

Connections

Found at Deir el-Ballas

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281073 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 17.6.100 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 558093 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.