Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · funerary_equipment
Footboard from a cartonnage coffin Deir el-Bahri
Description
Coffin foot painting, Apis bull. Third Intermediate Period–Late Period, Dynasty 23–30, ca. 818–332 B.C. Wood, paint. L. 28 × W. 14 × Th. 2.4 cm (11 × 5 1/2 × 15/16 in.). From: Tomb of Khety (TT 311, MMA 508), Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1922–23/1926–27. Subject: Bulls. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1926.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
AI reading of the photograph
Visible text (machine reading)
Non-legible/unclear set of hieroglyphic-style signs to the right of the bovine; no reliable transcription possible from the provided resolution.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116419419 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.3.117 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 552539 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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