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

Corner of a pleated linen sheet of queen Neferu

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 fragment of ancient papyrus with lines resembling text laid out in horizontal rows.

The artifact is a fragment of papyrus, likely a part of a larger document. It consists of horizontal lines that suggest areas where text or illustrations would have been written. The texture and color of the papyrus indicate its antiquity, with visible signs of wear including frayed edges. The patterns suggest it may have contained important records or literature.

unclear unknown fragmentary
Materials papyrus

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Papyrus
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  • 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.
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