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.

The image shows a small penannular (open) ring-shaped earring fragment, with two broken ends and a smooth, pale surface.

A single penannular earring form is photographed against a plain white background. The object is U-shaped/open, with the ends broken or missing, and has a thickness consistent with a small ring ornament. The surface appears smooth and slightly translucent/opaline with a light yellow-beige color; no metal fittings, engraved decoration, or drilled perforations for suspension are clearly visible in this view. No hieroglyphs, cartouches, or textual markings are present, and there are no visible figures of deities or royal names. The overall appearance is consistent with a small worked organic material component, such as shell, as described in the catalogue.

decorative New Kingdom (per catalogue) fragmentary
Materials shell (appearance)

Connections

Found at Deir el-Ballas

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281064 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 17.6.118 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 558111 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.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.