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

Rishi coffin of Puhorsenbu

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Description

Sycomore wood, stucco, paint

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 intricately painted ancient Egyptian mummy cartonnage with detailed patterns and a stylized face.

The artifact is a mummy cartonnage featuring a detailed and colorful painted design. It depicts a stylized human face with an elaborate headdress and a body with symmetrical, geometric patterns. The colors are well-preserved, with prominent use of red, green, and gold. The composition includes schematized wings and other symbolic motifs typical of Egyptian funerary art.

funerary Late Period good
Materials cartonnagepaint

Connections

Found at Asasif
Materials PaintCartonnage

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116235273 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.3.7a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 548510 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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