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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · textile

Mummy Bandage, Shed-sw-nefertem, son of Ankh-wenen-nefer and Wadjet-em-hat

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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-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Close-up of a narrow bandage fragment covered with dense Egyptian hieroglyphic writing in dark ink on a yellowish linen ground.

The image shows a segmented strip (likely linen bandage) with multiple vertical columns of hieroglyphs. The hieroglyphs are painted/drawn in dark pigment (appearing black to dark brown) with some faded areas and overlaps, suggesting repeated or tightly spaced writing. No cartouche outlines or royal titulary elements are clearly legible at this resolution; individual signs are visible but cannot be confidently read as specific named individuals. The overall surface has the texture of aged fabric rather than a hard material. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The fragment appears to be inscribed hieroglyphic bandaging text, consistent with funerary mummy bandage materials bearing names and prayers.

funerary Ptolemaic Period or later (as given by catalogue); exact dating unclear from image alone. good
Materials Linen (bandage fabric)Ink (dark pigment forming hieroglyphs)
Signs multiple hieroglyphic signs in vertical columns (specific signs not reliably readable) ×100

Connections

Deities Wadjet
Materials Linen

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.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.