Mummy Tag with Greek Inscription
Description
Catalogue description: Cultures Nubian, Greek, Egyptian Caption: Nubian; Greek; Egyptian. Mummy Tag with Greek Inscription, 150–300 C.E.. Wood, ink, 4 1/2 x 2 5/16 x 3/8 in. (11.4 x 5.8 x 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1396E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A rectangular wooden tag with a central groove and a hole near the top.
The artifact is a flat, rectangular piece of wood with a smooth surface, showing a central vertical groove. There is a hole near the top, possibly for hanging or attachment. The wood appears aged and shows signs of wear, indicative of its ancient origins.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1396E tier-2
- BKM-Object 4150 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- 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.