Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · textile
Cylindrical bag of sawdust from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache New Kingdom, Amarna PeriodValley of the Kings
Description
New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Tutankhamun, ca. 1336–1327 B.C. Linen, decomposed wood material (sawdust). folded into two parallel rolls: L. 39.7 cm (3 7/16 in.); W. 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.); H. 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.) as one long tube: ca. L. 75 cm (29 1/2 in.); W. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.); H. 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.). From: Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Valley of the Kings, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907–08. Credit: Gift of Joseph Veach Noble, 1988.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116256239 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1988.437.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 550821 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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