Mummy label
Description
Roman Period, 30 B.C.–A.D. 364. Wood, ink. 10.9 × 7.3 × 1 cm (4 5/16 × 2 7/8 × 3/8 in.). From: Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: EEF excavations 1904–05. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1905.
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.
Rectangular, worn wooden mummy label fragment with a small drilled hole and a vertical band of red ink at the right edge.
The image shows a thin, rectangular strip of darkened wood with rounded edges and significant surface abrasion. A small circular hole is present near the left side, suggesting it was previously tied or attached to a bundle or mummy wrappings. On the right edge there is a vertical line or band of red pigment/ink containing several small marks that resemble brief painted characters or numbers, but the individual signs are too unclear to read reliably. No illustrated figures, cartouches, or clearly identifiable deity iconography are visible. The overall appearance is consistent with an inscribed label fragment, though the legible content cannot be confidently transcribed from the provided resolution. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.
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.