Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Shroud of Hori
Description
Linen, gesso, 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 scene depicting a seated figure with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact depicts a seated figure wearing a traditional Egyptian headdress and jewelry, likely of significant status. The figure is shown with intricate detailing, sitting on a chair with an ornate table or offering stand. Hieroglyphic inscriptions are present above the figure, composed in vertical columns. The style includes vibrant use of colors and defined outlines, typical of Egyptian artistic conventions.
religious
New Kingdom
good
Materials
woodpaint
Signs
reed leaf ×3
basket ×2
Visible text
"mnx"
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- 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.
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