Coffin of Khnumnakht

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.

Painted wooden coffin with scenes and horizontal bands of Egyptian hieroglyphs across multiple sides.

The image shows a rectangular, anthropoid-style Egyptian coffin made of wood and covered with paint. Multiple faces are visible: the long side is filled with vertical columns of hieroglyphic text and decorative border patterns, while a large central painted figure/scene appears within the field. The right end panel includes additional hieroglyphic bands and a standing, human-like figure holding an implement, set against a painted background with red, green, black, and cream fields. The overall composition is dominated by dense hieroglyphic inscriptions arranged in formal registers and framed by patterned border lines; no explicit cartouche is clearly legible at this resolution. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic script is visible. The object strongly matches the catalogue description of a wooden, painted coffin from the Middle Kingdom, though the specific name “Khnumnakht” is not clearly readable in the provided view.