Mummy Shroud Fragments
Description
Caption: Mummy Shroud Fragments, 664–332 B.C.E.. Linen, pigment, 37.1817Ea: 14 15/16 x 6 5/16 in. (38 x 16 cm) 37.1817Eb: 9 5/8 x 5 1/8 in. (24.5 x 13 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1817Ea-b. (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.
A torn fragment of a linen mummy shroud showing parts of painted decoration, including a bird-headed form and radiating curved bands beneath it.
The image shows a small, irregular fragment of cloth with frayed edges and visible weave consistent with linen. Across the left-middle area there is dark pigment forming a large bird- or head-like silhouette with a curved beak/face shape. Beneath and around this figure are stacked, radiating curved bands and linear elements that read visually as painted ornamental or symbolic motifs typical of mummy shroud decoration. No clearly legible hieroglyphs are visible; the painting is present but too fragmentary/obscured to identify specific signs, deities, or any royal cartouche. There are no Greek, Coptic, or Arabic inscriptions visible.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1817Ea-b tier-2
- BKM-Object 118336 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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