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

Inner anthropoid coffin of Hapiankhtifi

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Coffin, Hapiankhtifii. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981–1802 B.C. Sycomore wood, paint, bitumen, cloth, gold leaf. l. 174.7 cm (68 3/4 in). From: Tomb of Hapiankhtifi, Meir, Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Khashaba excavations, 1910–12. Credit: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1912.

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.

Photograph of the inner anthropoid coffin of a named individual, shown in profile with the decorated head and facial features at the left and the rest of the anthropoid body extending to the right.

The image shows a wooden anthropoid coffin laid horizontally, photographed in monochrome. The head area at left is elaborately decorated with a painted headdress/wig and broad collar-like ornamentation. Distinct painted surface zones and incised/outlined patterns are visible on the face and head, suggesting a stylized depiction of the deceased. The body section is largely plain with faint painted markings and paneling. No clearly legible hieroglyphic text is visible at this image resolution, and no clear cartouche or royal name can be confidently identified. The photograph does not show distinct color differentiation for gold leaf, but the catalogued paint and gilding are plausible given the decorative treatment; however, only generic painted decoration is visibly apparent. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.

funerary Middle Kingdom (as given by the catalogue); exact dating unclear from image alone good
Materials painted decorationwood (shape and surface)
Signs unknown decorative/ornamental elements (no legible sign forms)

Connections

Found at Meir
Materials Painted Decoration

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116248003 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 12.183.11c.1, .2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544324 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.