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

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Description

Papyrus, ink

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.

Fragments of ancient Egyptian papyrus with visible text.

The image depicts two fragments of ancient papyrus with visible horizontal lines of text. The papyrus appears to be aged and is discolored in places. The text is written in ink and shows a series of neatly organized symbols and characters, possibly hieratic or demotic script. The fragments have irregular edges and some sections are missing or worn.

hieroglyphic only unknown fragmentary
Materials papyrus

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Papyrus

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116244131 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 22.3.527 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545455 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
  • 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.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.