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Linen mark (Type I)

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Description

Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, Possibly Senwosret I, ca. 1961–1917 B.C. Linen. H. 13.3 × W. 21 cm (5 1/4 × 8 1/4 in.); Outside Dimensions: H. 14 × W. 1.3 cm (5 1/2 × 1/2 in.). From: Tomb MMA 507 (The Slain Soldiers), Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–27. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1927.

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 piece of linen fabric with a black ink stamp/sign painted near one end; the textile is frayed along the edges.

The image shows a rectangular fragment of beige linen with visible woven texture. The left and top edges are roughly cut and frayed, with loose fibers projecting from the perimeter. Near the upper-right/central area of the linen, there is a dark (black) ink mark consisting of a compact vertical grouping of strokes with additional small marks, resembling a short hieroglyphic-like sign or stamp rather than a long inscription. No cartouche, human figures, or deity iconography are visible. A small red printed/painted number “27.3.86” appears in the lower-left corner of the photograph (catalog/collection marking), but no other Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.

hieroglyphic only Middle Kingdom (per catalogue ground truth); precise dating from the visible ink mark is unclear. good
Materials linen (woven fabric)ink (black)loose linen fibers
Signs compact ink stamp/hieroglyphic-like mark (unidentified)
Visible text "Unidentified compact vertical ink sign (black); exact characters cannot be read from the image resolution."

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials InkLinenLoose Linen Fibers

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116275420 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 27.3.86 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 561833 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.
  • 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.