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