Canopic Coffin in the form of Qebehsenuef
Description
Canopic coffin, Qebehsenuef. Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22, reign of Osorkon I, ca. 924–889 B.C. Wood (sycamore), paint, stucco. L. 29.1 × W. 10.1 × H. 10 cm (11 7/16 × 4 × 3 15/16 in.). From: Tomb MMA 832 (H 3), Pit 2 (Burial of Aafenmut), el-Khokha, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1914–15. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1928.
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 a small, upright fragment of an ancient Egyptian coffin element with painted surfaces, damaged at the top and sides. No clear canopic-lid face or inscriptions are legible from this view.
A weathered, dark stone/wood-toned object is photographed upright on a gold-colored support against a plain light background. The surface is heavily abraded with patches of remnants of pigment in reddish-brown and dark tones; a lighter gray-blue area is visible near the lower right/center. The top is broken/irregular, and the object appears fragmented, with no clearly preserved human/bird-headed canopic figure features visible in this image. There are a few small dark marks on the central face-like area, but they are not clear enough to identify as hieroglyphs, a cartouche, or a specific organ-bearer design. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116256477 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 28.3.36a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 550802 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.