Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · papyrus
Funerary Papyrus of the Steward Sethnakht
Description
Papyrus, ink, pigment
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 large papyrus with numerous figures and columns of hieroglyphic text.
This artifact is a richly detailed papyrus scroll, featuring numerous human and divine figures arranged across multiple registers. The figures are engaged in various ritualistic activities, characteristic of funerary scenes. Hieroglyphic text runs above and below the figures, indicating potential spells or prayers. The artwork is typical of ancient Egyptian funerary texts, with finely rendered depictions and detailed hieroglyphs.
funerary
New Kingdom
good
Materials
papyrus
Signs
Ankh ×15
Eye of Horus ×5
Visible text
"wsir nb-ankh imy-wnwt"
Connections
Materials
Papyrus
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246776 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 35.9.19a–e tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544773 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- 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.