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 (ring-shaped) earring fragment shown against a white background, appearing as a curved loop with open ends.

The image shows a single small jewelry piece in close-up: a circular/penannular ring with a gap at one point (open ends). The object has a smooth, polished surface and a pale yellow/cream coloration, consistent with a light organic or shell material. No decorative inlays, inscriptions, or attached components are clearly visible in this view. The background is plain white, and the object is centered for documentation. There are no legible hieroglyphs or other scripts present.

decorative New Kingdom (per catalogue); image does not allow independent dating good
Materials shell (appears pale yellow/cream; exact material uncertain but consistent with catalogue)

Connections

Found at Deir el-Ballas

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281056 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 17.6.121 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 558114 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.