Linen mark, Wah, 20.3.203ttt
Description
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, early reign of Amenemhat I, ca. 1981–1975 B.C. Linen. From: Tomb of Wah (MMA 1102), part of 20.3.203ttt, Southern Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1940.
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.
Fragment of linen with a dark ink inscription identifying the person “Wah,” written in Egyptian hieroglyphs.
The object appears to be a small rectangular strip of linen, with frayed, tufted fibers along the top edge. The lower portion shows a denser, darker band where the linen has been folded or bound, suggesting it may be a label or mark originally attached to linen goods. A horizontal line of black hieroglyphs is painted/inked across the textile near the middle of the brownish section. No clear cartouche borders or royal titulary frames are visible. The hieroglyphs are partially stylized and worn, but the final portion includes a recognizable sequence consistent with the name “Wah” (as in the catalogue title). No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.
Inscriptions (1)
Visible text (machine reading)
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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).
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