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Linen fragment

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Description

Early Dynastic Period–Old Kingdom, Dynasty 1, 3–4, reign of Djet ?, ca. 2880–2465 B.C. Linen. H. 21.6 × W. 18.4 cm (H. 8 1/2 × W. 7 1/4 in.); Frame (depth includes cleat): H. 21.3 × W. 19.1 × D. 3.8 cm (H. 8 3/8 × W. 7 1/2 × D. 1 1/2 in.). From: Tomb 2038, 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.

A small, irregularly torn fragment of light-brown woven linen presented flat in a display mount, with no clear iconography or inscriptions visible.

The image shows a rectangular textile fragment laid flat against a light background and surrounded by a thin border from its mounting. The fabric is coarse and woven, with frayed/irregular edges and several missing or abraded spots (white voids) indicating wear or old losses. The overall coloration is uniform light to medium brown, consistent with aged linen. No hieroglyphs, cartouches, deities, painted elements, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are legible on the fragment in the provided image. A small printed/handwritten catalogue number appears at the lower-left edge of the mount, but the actual characters on the artifact are not visible; the catalogue marking is external to the linen fragment itself.

daily life Early Dynastic Period–Old Kingdom (per catalogue; no dateable features visible) fragmentary
Materials linen (woven textile fibers)

Connections

Found at Tarkhan

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116433909 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 14.4.84 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 559245 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • 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.