Outer Coffin of Khonsu
Description
Wood, gesso, paint, varnish
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A painted wooden sarcophagus depicting a figure with crossed arms and traditional Egyptian iconography.
The artifact is a highly detailed wooden sarcophagus featuring intricate painted decorations. The figure represented on the coffin has crossed arms, typical of Egyptian burial practices, and wears a striped nemes headdress. The surface is richly adorned with scenes and hieroglyphs, likely depicting religious and protective motifs. The artwork is indicative of Egyptian funerary tradition, with a high level of craftsmanship in the paint and wood carving. The style suggests it was made to honor a person of significance.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116235407 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 86.1.1a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544704 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.