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

Model coffin

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Description

Wood, 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.

A small wooden chest with a partially open lid.

The artifact depicts a small rectangular wooden chest, possibly used for storage or burial purposes. The lid is slightly ajar, revealing the interior of the box. The wood is worn, with some visible damage and discoloration. There are traces of painted decoration or inscriptions along the front panel, though they are quite faint.

unclear unknown fragmentary
Materials wood

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Materials Wood

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281184 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 11.151.763a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546486 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.