Papyrus Lid from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Description
Jar Lid, papyrus. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Tutankhamun, ca. 1336–1327 B.C. Papyrus. Diam. 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.). From: Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Valley of the Kings, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907–08. Credit: Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1909.
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 circular papyrus lid or fragment made of bundled papyrus strips, partially unrolled and bound at the center, with a small painted or inscribed area near the right side.
The image shows a thin, circular object composed of numerous pale papyrus strips wrapped and pressed together, forming a fan-like radial pattern from a central crease or knot. The outer edge is uneven and worn, with portions of the papyrus fibers lifted or frayed. Near the right half, there is a small red-brown marking or short inscription-like strokes, but the characters are not fully legible at this resolution. No clearly identifiable human figures, animals, deities, or cartouches are visible. The background is a neutral grey museum mount.
Inscriptions (1)
Visible text (machine reading)
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116273540 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 09.184.252 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 549598 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- 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.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.