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

Linen mark (Type IV)

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Description

Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, Possibly Senwosret I, ca. 1961–1917 B.C. Linen. H. 16.5 × W. 16.5 cm (6 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.); Outside Dimensions: H.17.1 × W. 17.1 cm (6 3/4 × 6 3/4 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.

Rectangular piece of linen fabric with a fringe along the top edge and a small, dark ink hieroglyph-like marking on the left side.

The image shows a rectangular linen fragment, largely plain and beige, with visible horizontal fibers/threads and some discoloration from age. A fringe of untwisted linen strands runs along the top edge (and slight remnants along the left edge), suggesting it may be cut from a larger textile. Near the left margin, there is a dark brown/black painted sign cluster resembling a vertical column of strokes with an additional lower element; the exact reading is unclear from the image resolution. No cartouche or royal name is legible. In the lower right corner, there is a red/orange painted or inked accession-like number, reading approximately “27.3.95” (or very similar). No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No deities are identifiable from the marking as shown.

decorative Middle Kingdom (per catalogue ground truth; specific dynasty/king not readable) good
Materials linen (woven textile)dark ink/paint (hieroglyph-like mark)reddish ink/paint (number in lower right)
Signs Ink-painted hieroglyph-like mark (vertical sign cluster)
Visible text "Approx. dark ink sign cluster on left margin; lower-right red/orange number appears to read “27.3.95” (exact characters unclear)."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Approx. dark ink sign cluster on left margin; lower-right red/orange number appears to read “27.3.95” (exact characters unclear).

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Linen

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116275398 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 27.3.95 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 561842 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.