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Mummy Bandage Inscribed for Paherer

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Description

Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 25, ca. 750–700 B.C. Linen. L. 72.5 × W. 12 cm (28 9/16 × 4 3/4 in.); Framed: L. 75.5 × W. 16 cm (29 3/4 × 6 5/16 in.). From: Temple of Hatshepsut, southeast lower court, Tomb MMA 53, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1923–24. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1925.

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.

A narrow strip of linen bandage/papyrus-like textile is inscribed with a vertical column of dark ink hieroglyphs.

The image shows a tall, vertically oriented textile strip that appears to be linen, with a mottled beige-to-tan surface. Near the upper portion there is a single vertical column of dark, painted hieroglyphic signs running down the center of the strip. The signs are partially worn and some portions near the middle/lower area are too unclear to read precisely, but the script is clearly hieroglyphic in style (grouped strokes and sign forms rather than alphabetic writing). No other inscriptions (Greek/Coptic/Arabic) are visible. No cartouche or royal name is clearly legible in the photograph. No explicit depiction of deities is visible—only text—so any deity identification remains unclear. The object matches the catalogue description in general (inscribed mummy bandage).

funerary Third Intermediate Period (per catalogue; exact script reading not sufficient to refine) good
Materials linen
Signs Unclear hieroglyphic signs (vertical column) ×15
Visible text "Vertical column of hieroglyphic text is present but individual signs/words are not fully legible in the provided image; no reliable excerpt can be transcribed."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Vertical column of hieroglyphic text is present but individual signs/words are not fully legible in the provided image; no reliable excerpt can be transcribed.

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Linen

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116275567 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 25.3.214 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 548287 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.