Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · papyrus
Fragments from a Book of the Dead New Kingdom, Ramesside
Description
New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19–20, ca. 1295–1070 B.C. Papyrus, ink. Framed: H. 28 × L. 38 cm (11 × 14 15/16 in.). From: Tomb MMA 801, Deir el-Bahri, west of Priests' Cemetery, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1927–28. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1928.
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)
Fragmentary black hieroglyphic text; individual signs not fully legible at this resolution.
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