Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Penannular Earring
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 small, penannular loop earring fragment shown in isolation against a white background.
The object appears as a partial circular ring (penannular form) with smooth, polished surfaces and a light, bone-like yellow-beige coloration. The ring is broken or incomplete at the top, where there is a gap between two ends. No decorative inlays, inscriptions, or attached elements are visible in the image. The interior of the ring is hollow, suggesting it served as an ear ornament component.
decorative
New Kingdom (per catalogue)
fragmentary
Materials
bone
Connections
Found at
Deir el-Ballas
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281099 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 17.6.110 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 558103 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.