Mummy Tag of Hatres
Description
Catalogue description: Cultures Nubian, Greek, Egyptian Caption: Nubian; Greek; Egyptian. Mummy Tag of Hatres, 100 C.E.–300 C.E.. Wood, pigment, 3 9/16 x 3 1/8 x 7/16 in. (9.1 x 7.9 x 1.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1392E. (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 wooden tag with a rounded top, possibly an ancient Egyptian labeling object.
The artifact is a roughly rectangular wooden tag with a rounded top, featuring a hole likely for threading or attachment. Its surface is worn with visible grain patterns and possible traces of paint or ink. The object's simplicity suggests functionality, possibly used for labeling or identification.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1392E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117940 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.