Fitzwilliam Museum — Department of Antiquities (Egyptian) · other

Ptah-Sokar-Osiris box

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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.

A small painted Egyptian object shaped like a bird/ram-like figure atop a flat base, with red/orange and white pigment and localized dark markings on the body and head.

The image shows an Egyptian funerary-religious style object photographed in profile. The main element is a wedge/boat-like or animal-shaped form with a raised upright head/neck at the left, painted overall in light tones (whitish/cream) with extensive orange-red areas and scattered darker lines. Fine incised or painted linework appears across the body surface, suggesting decorative motif rather than fully legible hieroglyphs. The head has a circular painted element on the forehead/eye area and additional dark marks along the face. The object rests on a rectangular, flat base integrated into the same material. A checkerboard scale and gray museum background are visible; no other labels or text are legible.

funerary unclear poor
Deities PtahSokarOsiris
Materials painted plaster/wood(?)/stone(?)
Signs unknown painted line motif

Connections

Found at Akhmim
Materials Limestone
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Fitzwilliam Museum — Department of Antiquities (Egyptian).
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