Linen fragment
Description
Early Dynastic Period–Old Kingdom, Dynasty 1, 3–4, reign of Djet ?, ca. 2880–2465 B.C. Linen. Frame: 20.5 × 17 cm (8 1/16 × 6 11/16 in.). From: Tomb 45, 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.
Rectangular beige linen cloth fragment shown mounted against a light background.
The image depicts a flat, rectangular textile fragment with visible, fine linen weave. The piece is mostly uniform in light straw/beige color with slight edge fraying or irregularities along the lower and right margins. A small cluster of red pigment/marking is visible near the top-left corner, but no clearly legible hieroglyphic sequence can be confirmed from the image resolution. No figures, deity symbols, or cartouches are discernible. The object appears to be photographed straight-on, suggesting a simple catalogued textile sample rather than an inscribed garment panel.
About this record's data
- 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.