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 with an open circular form and a smooth, off-white surface.
In a studio-style photograph against a plain light background, a single penannular earring is shown from the front. The object is C-shaped/hoop-like, with a broken or incomplete circular ring: the terminals meet at a gap, and the inner surface is hollow. The material appears pale and matte to slightly glossy, consistent with an uncolored hard organic or mineral (the catalogue describes shell). No perforation, suspension loop, or attached ornament is clearly visible at this resolution. No hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is present, and there are no discernible cartouches, royal names, or deity iconography. The object’s edges look worn, suggesting age or breakage; no inscriptions are evident.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281059 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 17.6.119 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 558112 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.