Penannular Earring
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.
The image shows a small penannular (C-shaped) earring fragment made of a pale, porous material with two end breaks exposing off-white surfaces.
The object is a single penannular hoop with an open gap, viewed from the front against a plain light background. The surface is light cream/ivory with scattered darker speckling or staining. Both ends appear broken or worn, with slightly irregular edges; there is no visible suspension pin, fastening component, or ornamentation beyond the smooth ring form. No hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible, and there are no cartouches or royal names present. The material appears consistent with shell or shell-like substance, as indicated by the pale color and natural-looking mottling, though the exact type cannot be confirmed from the image alone.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281095 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 17.6.112 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 558105 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.