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A fragment from a gauzy material

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Description

Linen fragment. Early Dynastic Period, Dynasty 1, reign of Djet ?, ca. 3000 B.C. Linen. H. 24.1 × W. 15.9 cm (H. 9 1/2 × W. 6 1/4 in.); Frame (depth includes cleat): H. 24.8 × W. 16.5 × D. 3.8 cm (H. 9 3/4 × W. 6 1/2 × D. 1 1/2 in.). From: Tomb 2050, Tarkhan, Fayum Entrance Area, Egypt. Excavation: BSAE excavations 1911-1913. Credit: Gift of the Egyptian Research Account and British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1914.

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 a rectangular textile fragment with densely interwoven fibers, appearing like a thin, gauzy linen cloth with frayed edges.

A flat, rectangular piece of material fills most of the frame. The surface shows fine, closely spaced fiber lines consistent with woven linen; the overall tone is light brown/tan. The edges are irregular and frayed, with loose warp/weft strands visible especially along the upper and right sides. No clear painted decoration, applied ornament, or legible hieroglyphic/Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible on the fragment. No identifiable royal names or cartouches are present. Near the lower-left corner there is a small red-brown handwritten marking, likely a catalog/conservation note rather than ancient script; it is not clearly legible as hieroglyphs.

decorative Early Dynastic Period (per catalogue; textile appearance consistent but not confirmable from image alone) fragmentary
Materials linen (woven textile fibers visible)

Connections

Found at Tarkhan

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116433878 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 14.4.77 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 559238 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.