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Coffin of Wah

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Description

Coffin, Wah. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, early reign of Amenemhat I, ca. 1981–1975 B.C. Coniferous wood (spruce or cedar), paint. l. 217 cm (85 7/16 in.); w. 65 cm (25 9/16 in); h. 83.5 (32 7/8 in.). From: Tomb of Wah (MMA 1102), Southern Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920. Subject: Eyes, Hieroglyphs, Coffins. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

The image shows part of an Egyptian coffin decorated with painted hieroglyphs and stylized human eyes with brows and ornamental framing.

A weathered, light-colored wooden surface is shown with dark blue/black painted decoration. Along the top band there are several horizontally placed hieroglyphic signs separated by lines and short strokes; at least one sign appears cross-like with an inset circle/rosette, and other long-stroke and seated/standing figures are present but too fragmentary for confident identification. In the center-lower portion, two large almond-shaped eyes are painted in black with white highlights, accompanied by curved lines and a central vertical element between them; small dangling strokes below suggest uraeus-like or decorative motifs. No clearly legible royal cartouche is visible. The painted elements are consistent with coffin iconography (protection and funerary texts), but specific attributions (e.g., the name “Wah”) cannot be confirmed from this crop alone.

funerary Middle Kingdom (per catalogue; specific signs not reliably diagnostic from this crop) poor
Materials paintlight-colored wood (exact species unclear from image; catalogue suggests coniferous wood)
Signs Unidentified hieroglyphic sign cluster (fragmentary) ×7
Visible text "Fragmentary hieroglyphic band; individual signs are not reliably legible in this crop."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Fragmentary hieroglyphic band; individual signs are not reliably legible in this crop.

Connections

Found at Asasif
Materials Paint

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116245332 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 20.3.202a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545123 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.