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

Ring

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Bone

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 plain, oval open ring with a worn, yellow-brown polished surface.

The image shows a single finger ring photographed against a light background. The ring is oval/torus-shaped with no visible engraving, inscription, setting, or decorative terminals; the exterior surface appears smooth but worn, with discoloration and small losses. The interior opening is uniform and unpatterned. No hieroglyphs or other text are visible on the object or in the image.

decorative New Kingdom (per catalogue; image does not allow independent dating) good
Materials bone (colour/appearance consistent but not confirmable from image alone)

Connections

Found at Deir el-Ballas

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281102 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 17.6.107 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 558100 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.