Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Rishi coffin
Description
Wood (ficus sycomorus), 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.
An anthropoid wooden coffin lid with a painted face and detailed decorative patterns.
The artifact is a wooden coffin lid, likely part of a sarcophagus, depicting a human face wearing a headdress. The surface is richly decorated with symmetrical and geometric patterns in red, green, and yellow hues, characteristic of Ancient Egyptian funerary art. The face is stylized, with a serene expression and almond-shaped eyes, framed by a large, elaborate headdress.
funerary
New Kingdom
good
Materials
woodpaint
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280573 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 12.181.301a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546956 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.
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