Coffin Lid
Description
Object Label: Mummy boards are flat, full-length, wood coverings placed directly on the mummy inside the coffin. On these boards, artists depicted the deceased wearing everyday dress. An inscription, now lost, would have identified this man. In his left hand he holds a handkerchief and an ankh-sign, indicating high rank. Caption: Coffin Lid, ca. 1295–1185 B.C.E.. Wood, gesso, pigment, 73 x 19 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. (185.4 x 50.2 x 13.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1520E. (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.
A wooden coffin lid depicting a figure carved in high relief.
The artifact is a wooden coffin lid, featuring a carved depiction of a human figure in high relief. The figure is dressed in traditional ancient Egyptian attire, with details visible on the headdress and body. The wood shows signs of age, with some wear and discoloration present. The style is typical of funerary art, with stylized features.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1520E tier-2
- BKM-Object 4169 tier-2
About this record's data
- 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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