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

Penannular Earring

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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.

Image shows a single green penannular (open-ring) earring/pendant form viewed against a white background.

The artifact is a small, broken-to-rounded open ring with a horseshoe-like (penannular) profile. The surface is predominantly green with hints of blue-green/azure staining, consistent with a glazed or mineralized surface. No attached ornament (e.g., beads or suspension loop) is clearly visible beyond the ring itself. The object appears photographed from the front, with both ends of the ring visible; edges are slightly chipped, suggesting age or excavation damage. No hieroglyphic, cartouche, or other text appears on the visible surfaces. No figures, deities, or royal names are identifiable from the image.

decorative New Kingdom (per catalogue; image not sufficient to refine) fragmentary
Materials green glazed ceramic/faience surfaceblue-green glaze staining

Connections

Found at Deir el-Ballas

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281061 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 17.6.104 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 558097 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.