Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · textile

Linen bag

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 31.3.111a. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 31.3.111a
Find spot: Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 27–30
Date: 664–332 B.C.
Date range: 664 BCE – 332 BCE
Materials: ['linen', 'cord']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Description

Late Period, Dynasty 27–30, 664–332 B.C. Linen, cord. L. 19 × W. 11.4 cm (7 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.). From: Tomb MMA 812, Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1929–30. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1931.

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 small, rectangular linen fabric bag with frayed edges and a drawstring tied in loops across the front.

The object appears to be a simple textile bag: a light tan, woven linen rectangle with worn/frayed corners and edges. A cord or drawstring is visible running across the front, where it is tied into loops near the right/center of the bag, indicating a closure. The surface shows creasing and minor damage consistent with handling over time. In the lower-right area, a short group of characters/numbers is visible in dark ink or pigment, but the specific script and exact reading are unclear from the image resolution; it looks like “31.3.14” or similar. No figural scenes, deities, or cartouches are visible.

daily life Late Period (per catalogue; exact dating not independently confirmable from image) fragmentary

Materials linencord

Signs incised/painted inventory-like numerals or brief label (exact reading unclear)

Visible text "Appears to include a short numerical label near the lower-right (e.g., possibly “31.3.14”); exact text unclear."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Appears to include a short numerical label near the lower-right (e.g., possibly “31.3.14”); exact text unclear.

Connections

Found at Asasif

Materials Linen Cord

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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.