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

Penannular Earring

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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.

A small penannular (open ring) earring made from a light-colored, translucent material, photographed against a plain background.

The object is centered in the image and appears as a small circular/open ring (penannular), with the two ends separated by a narrow gap. The material is pale yellow to cream and looks smooth and slightly glossy, consistent with a small carved or polished organic/stone component. No decorative motifs, threading holes, or attachment components are visible in the provided view. The background is a uniform light gray/white, and there is no readable inscription or associated hieroglyphic text present.

decorative New Kingdom (as catalogued) good
Materials shell

Connections

Found at Deir el-Ballas

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281069 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 17.6.115 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 558108 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.
  • 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.