Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Canopic Chest of Khonsu
Description
Wood, gesso, paint, varnish, linen string
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 box featuring two figures and hieroglyphic inscriptions.
This artifact is a wooden box covered with intricate paintings and hieroglyphs. The front panel depicts two standing figures, likely deities or important figures, adorned with traditional Egyptian attire. The vibrant colors feature red, yellow, and black hues typical of Egyptian art. Hieroglyphic inscriptions surround the figures, with a cartouche prominently displayed at the center top.
religious
New Kingdom
good
Deities
IsisNephthys
Royals
Thutmose
Materials
woodpaint
Signs
ankh ×3
djed
Visible text
"ankh djed"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247490 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 86.1.3a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544708 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.