Mummy Bandage, Shed-sw-nefertem, son of Ankh-wenen-nefer and Wadjet-em-hat
Description
Caption: Mummy Bandage, Shed-sw-nefertem, son of Ankh-wenen-nefer and Wadjet-em-hat, 332 B.C.E.–1st century C.E.. Linen, ink, Glass: 13 1/2 x 12 1/8 in. (34.3 x 30.8 cm) Object: 8 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. (20.6 x 23.5 cm) Threads per square cm: Warp: 31 x Weft: 18. Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.901E. (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.
Papyrus with vertical hieroglyphic script.
The artifact is a fragment of ancient papyrus featuring vertical columns of hieroglyphic text. The composition is orderly, with clearly delineated columns. The script appears to be written with black ink on a brown papyrus surface, which shows signs of age and wear. Edges are frayed, and some parts of the text may be missing due to deterioration.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.901E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117487 tier-2
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- 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.
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