Granulated Tube Pendant
Unknown Artist
ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Medium
Gold
Dimensions
L. 3.8 × W. 0.8 cm (1 1/2 × 5/16 in.)
Classification
Pendant, granulated tube
Period
New Kingdom
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2002
Accession Number
2002.158.4
Art Historical Context
This delicate **Granulated Tube Pendant**, crafted from gleaming gold around 1479–1425 B.C., hails from Egypt's New Kingdom, specifically Dynasty 18—a golden age of pharaonic power and artistic splendor under rulers like Hatshepsut Thutmose III. just 3.8 cm long and 0.8 cm wide, this tiny tube-shaped jewel exemplifies the era's mastery of luxury goods, likely worn as part of elite jewelry or as an amulet for protection and status. The pendant's standout feature is its **granulation technique**, a virtuoso method where thousands of minuscule gold spheres (often less than a millimeter in diamet...