Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · funerary_equipment
Coffin of Wah Middle KingdomSouthern Asasif
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
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
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.
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)
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