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

Facsimile of the painting at the head end of the sarcophagus of Aashyt

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Description

First Intermediate Period–Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11, reign of Mentuhotep II, ca. 2051–2030 B.C. Tempera on paper. facsimile: h. 34 cm (13 3/8 in); w. 31 cm (12 3/16 in), scale 1:2, framed: h. 38.1 cm (15 in); w. 34.9 cm (13 3/4 in). From: Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Heads, Hieroglyphs, Sarcophagus. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1948.

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.

A colored facsimile drawing shows Egyptian-style painted elements—hieroglyph-like registers at the top and a central scene flanked by two human figures—together with offerings or funerary vessels below.

The image is a framed, paper-based reproduction/drawing with a pale background and green and brown linework. The upper register contains decorative bands with rows of stylized hieroglyphs/signs and a horizontal line separating it from the main scene. Below the text band, there is a row of floating or aligned vessel shapes (e.g., jug/bottle and tall container forms) outlined in green/brown. The main middle register shows two front-facing, human-like figures (male attendants or funerary mourners) wearing long greenish wigs/heads and simple garments, each shown in profile with faces turned outward toward the edges; both are positioned symmetrically. Between them stands a tall, funnel- or pedestal-like shape with vertical, striated coloring, possibly a column or stand associated with the sarcophagus imagery. The lower register depicts several rectangular objects resembling beds/couches or stools, and on the right a crescent-shaped collar or broad vessel-like element with segmented detailing. No clearly legible cartouche or royal name is identifiable from the reproduction. Overall, the subject aligns with a sarcophagus-end painting facsimile style, but specific identification of “Aashyt” is not directly verifiable from readable inscriptions in this image.

funerary First Intermediate Period–Middle Kingdom (as per catalogue; specific signs not readable enough to refine). good
Materials papertempera-like paint (colored gouache/paint on paper)
Signs stylized hieroglyph-like decorative signs (not clearly legible individually) ×50
Visible text "Top band contains hieroglyph-like signs, but no clearly readable excerpt or cartouche is legible at this resolution."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Top band contains hieroglyph-like signs, but no clearly readable excerpt or cartouche is legible at this resolution.

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Materials Paper
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