Coffin Panel with Goddess Nephthys

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.

A painted coffin-panel fragment shows a kneeling, human-bodied figure in Egyptian style with a feathered or headdress-like element above and a horizontal band near the bottom; surrounding upper registers include hieroglyph-like signs.

The image depicts a vertical rectangular painted wooden panel with extensive wear and flaking paint. In the center is a kneeling, seated figure (human male-like proportions) shown in profile to the left, with a dark wig or head covering and a red/orange garment. The figure’s arms are positioned down and outward, and the legs are folded in a kneeling pose. Around the head and upper field are vertically arranged painted bands containing what appear to be hieroglyphic or symbolic signs in black with red and blue accents; specific signs are too unclear to reliably enumerate. Above the figure’s head, a dark, feathered or crest-like element is visible. Near the bottom there is a broad band with alternating horizontal stripes (dark/white or blue/red tones), likely a decorative register. The catalogue’s identification as a coffin panel with Goddess Nephthys is conceptually consistent with coffin-panel iconography, but the visible face and pose are not distinctive enough in this image to confirm Nephthys specifically; no clear crown attributes (e.g., her distinctive feather(s)) or accompanying texts naming Nephthys are clearly legible. No cartouche is visible.