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

Mummy label Roman PeriodOxyrhynchus (Bahnasa)

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Description

Roman Period, 30 B.C.–A.D. 364. Wood. 6 × 2.8 cm (2 3/8 × 1 1/8 in.). From: Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: EEF excavations 1896–97. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1897.

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.

Connections

Found at Oxyrhynchus
Materials Wood
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