Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other

Linen mark, Wah

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Linen

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 piece of ancient linen with visible woven and inscribed elements.

This artifact is a fragment of linen cloth with a visible dark woven pattern and some inscriptions. The cloth appears to have uneven coloration, possibly due to aging or environmental exposure. The textile is finely woven, a technique common in ancient Egyptian textiles.

hieroglyphic only unknown good
Materials linen
Signs unknown
Visible text "Transcription unclear"

Connections

Found at Asasif
Materials Linen
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