Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Human-shaped Shroud of Queen Merytamun
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.
An ancient Egyptian artifact with unclear inscriptions is depicted.
The image shows a series of fragments that appear to be part of an ancient artifact. The composition suggests it might be pieces of a larger object, but the details are difficult to discern. The inscriptions present are faint and fragmented, making it challenging to identify specific symbols or text. The material seems aged and possibly metallic or papyrus based on its texture.
unclear
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
unknown
Connections
Found at
Deir el-Bahri
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.