Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · textile

Linen mark Third Intermediate PeriodDeir el-Bahri

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Description

Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, pontificate of Masaharta, ca. 1051 B.C. Linen. L. 31 cm (12 3/16 in); w. 9 cm (3 9/16 in). From: Tomb of Meritamun (TT 358, MMA 65), Reburial of Meritamun, mummy, layer G, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1928–29. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1930.

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)

Vertical column of dark ink marks along the right side; individual signs are not clearly legible in the provided image.

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Linen

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116276806 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.3.13 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 559951 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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