Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Linen label
Description
Linen, 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.
A fragment of ancient Egyptian textile with hieratic script.
The image depicts a fragmentary piece of linen cloth featuring a series of hieratic script. The textile appears aged and threadbare, indicating significant wear and tear over the centuries. The ink markings are faded but discernible, pointing to written communication. The artifact is likely part of a larger piece that served a practical or communicative purpose.
hieroglyphic only
Middle Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
linen
Signs
hieratic script ×5
Visible text
"unclear"
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.