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 (C-shaped) earring fragment shown against a white background.
The image depicts a single, closed-loop but not fully circular, penannular earring: a thick, rounded ring with a gap at one point. The surface is worn and slightly yellowish/ivory-toned, consistent with a hard organic material. No decorative inlays, drilling, or attached ornaments are clearly visible at this resolution. The background is plain, with no associated hieroglyphs or other inscriptions present.
decorative
New Kingdom (as catalogued)
good
Materials
bone
Connections
Found at
Deir el-Ballas
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281074 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 17.6.114 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 558107 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.