Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · papyrus
Nine fragments of hieratic text
Description
Papyrus, 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.
Fragments of ancient papyrus with black and red ink inscriptions.
The image depicts fragmented pieces of ancient papyrus, likely belonging to a larger document or manuscript. The papyrus shows significant wear and is torn at the edges. The inscriptions are written in black and red ink, with the text arranged in a series of vertical and horizontal lines. This indicates a regular script, possibly hieratic or early Coptic, given the presence of red ink used potentially for headings or emphasis. The material is preserved but shows signs of age and fragility.
hieroglyphic only
unclear
fragmentary
Materials
papyrus
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.