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

Linen mark (Type XX) Middle KingdomDeir el-Bahri

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Description

Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, Possibly Senwosret I, ca. 1961–1917 B.C. Linen. H. 38.1 × W. 22.9 cm (15 × 9 in.); Outside Dimension: H. 38.7 × W. 23.5 cm (15 1/4 × 9 1/4 in.). From: Tomb MMA 507 (The Slain Soldiers), Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–27. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1927.

The same text in other collections

Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 561866). Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

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)

Red-brown ink inscription marks are present (unreadable/indistinct at this resolution); no clearly legible transcription available.

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Linen

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116275366 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 27.3.119 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 561866 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83898382 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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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).
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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.