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

Penannular Earring

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Description

Bronze or Copper Alloy

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.

Photograph of a small bronze/copper-alloy penannular ring earring (circular open hoop) viewed against a light background.

The object is a single penannular (nearly circular but intentionally open) hoop with a gap at the top. The hoop has a slightly irregular, hand-worked profile and visible surface patination/greenish corrosion products, suggesting a copper-based alloy. No decorative motifs (e.g., granulation, beads, or sculpted terminals) are clearly visible in this image; the terminals appear rounded and thick, forming a simple open ring. The background is plain and there are no accompanying inscriptions, cartouches, or other text elements visible on the object or in the frame.

daily life New Kingdom (per catalogue); image itself does not provide secure chronological markers good
Materials bronze or copper alloy (green patina/corrosion)

Connections

Found at Deir el-Ballas

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281060 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 17.6.105 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 558098 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.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.