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