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

Linen mark of Myt

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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 small piece of ancient Egyptian linen with hieratic script.

The artifact is a rectangular fragment of linen featuring visible examples of hieratic text. The ink appears dark and is inscribed directly onto the fabric. The weave of the linen is clear and tight, suggesting it was well-made. This type of script was commonly used for administrative and religious texts.

hieroglyphic only Middle Kingdom fragmentary
Materials linen
Signs hieratic text ×5

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Linen
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