Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · architecture
Mummy Bandage
Description
Caption: Mummy Bandage, 332 B.C.E.–1st century C.E.. Linen, ink, 3 1/8 x 11 1/4 in. (8.0 x 28.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.238.
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.
The image shows several fragments of papyrus with hieratic script and illustrations.
The artifact consists of four papyrus fragments, each containing hieratic script and one featuring a depiction of a standing figure next to a seated one. The text appears to be written in black ink, typical of daily or administrative documents from ancient Egypt. The paper is worn and browned with age, suggesting its antiquity.
daily life
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
papyrus
Signs
standing figure
seated figure
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 08.480.238 tier-2
- BKM-Object 214410 tier-2
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