Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Rishi coffin
Description
Sycomore wood, stucco, paint
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 wooden sarcophagus with detailed painted decorations and inscriptions.
The image depicts a well-preserved ancient Egyptian wooden sarcophagus featuring elaborate painted scenes and inscriptions. The lid is adorned with patterned designs resembling a feathered or woven texture, typical of Egyptian sarcophagi decoration. Below, a series of painted scenes illustrate figures, deities, and an Egyptian boat motif. The artwork is sophisticated, with vibrant colors and distinct hieroglyphic inscriptions accompanying the imagery.
funerary
New Kingdom
good
Deities
AnubisOsiris
Materials
woodpaint
Signs
Djed pillar
Ankh
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246513 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 14.10.1a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544783 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.