Wig ornaments of Hapiankhtifi
Description
Wig Ornaments (14), Hapiankhtifi. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981–1802 B.C. Wood. L. each 0.03m. From: Tomb of Hapiankhtifi, Mummy, Meir, Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Khashaba excavations, 1910–12. Credit: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
The image shows multiple dark, teardrop- or leaf-shaped fragments on a light background, arranged in rows.
A set of similar, curved, wedge-like/teardrop elements is displayed against a pale field. The pieces appear to be separated and photographed for comparison, with noticeable surface texture and darker staining/paint-like bands in places. No clearly readable hieroglyphs, cartouches, or human/animal figures are visible; the forms resemble cutouts or carved elements rather than assembled figurative wig ornaments. There is no identifiable Greek/Coptic/Arabic text, and no inscriptions are legible from this image.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281679 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 12.183.20a–n tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546295 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.