Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · funerary_equipment
Sacred animal mummy containing small ibises Late Period–Roman PeriodAbydos
Description
Mummy, Ibis. Late Period–Roman Period, ca. 400 B.C.–100 A.D. Dyed and undyed linen, animal remains, mummification materials. L. 15.5 × W. 11.5 × H. 7 cm (6 1/8 × 4 1/2 × 2 3/4 in.). From: Ibis Cemetery, Abydos, Northern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1912–13. Subject: Birds, Mummies. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1913.
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.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
AI reading of the photograph
Visible text (machine reading)
Multiple dark-painted, hieroglyph-like geometric motifs in a horizontal band; exact signs are unclear/undecipherable from the image resolution.
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Abydos
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116248097 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 13.186.9 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 552097 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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