Fragments from the Funerary Papyrus of Khamhor (see 25.3.212a–g)
Description
Late Period, Saite, Dynasty 19–26, ca. 630 B.C. Papyrus, ink. Frame: H. 20.5 × W. 20.2 cm (8 1/16 × 7 15/16 in.). From: Tomb MMA 57, in rubbish in pit, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1923–24. 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.
The image shows multiple small, irregular fragments of an ancient Egyptian papyrus with black/brown ink marks forming hieroglyphic text.
Several papyrus fragments are scattered on a light background. Many pieces preserve lines of compact black/brown ink signs that appear to be hieroglyphic writing rather than drawings; some fragments show stacked signs and horizontal lines, but the exact wording and specific sign identifications are not fully legible at this resolution. The largest fragments are rectangular with rough edges and show partial lines of text; smaller fragments contain short sequences of ink signs. No clear figural representations, divine emblems, or cartouches are confidently readable. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic script is visible.
Inscriptions (1)
Visible text (machine reading)
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