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Linen mark (Type XXXII)

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Description

Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, Possibly Senwosret I, ca. 1961–1917 B.C. Linen. H. 12.1 × W. 17.8 cm (4 3/4 × 7 in.); Outside Dimension: H. 12.7 × W. 18.4 cm (5 × 7 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 561876). Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

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 fragment of orange-brown linen showing a hand-written/inked mark consisting of several dark strokes and short line clusters, plus a red handwritten inventory-like marking in the upper right.

The image shows a rectangular-to-trapezoidal linen textile fragment with frayed edges on the left and bottom and a torn/irregular edge on the right. The linen is dyed or aged to an orange-brown tone. On the left-central area there is a dark ink mark made of multiple short, curved and straight strokes arranged in two horizontal groupings, consistent with a stamp/inked label or a brief set of line signs but not clearly legible as specific hieroglyphs at this resolution. In the upper right corner there is a red, non-hieroglyphic handwritten text/numbering (inventory/annotation), reading approximately "OTELZAT" (uncertain). No cartouches, full hieroglyphic phrases, or deity names are clearly identifiable from the visible inked mark.

decorative Middle Kingdom (per catalogue ground truth); otherwise unclear from image alone fragmentary
Materials linenink (dark)handwritten annotation (red)
Signs short ink strokes/line clusters (illegible) ×4
Visible text "Approx. dark ink mark of multiple short strokes; red annotation in upper right reads approximately "OTELZAT" (unclear)."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Approx. dark ink mark of multiple short strokes; red annotation in upper right reads approximately "OTELZAT" (unclear).

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials InkLinenHandwritten Annotation

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116275353 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 27.3.130 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 561876 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83898395 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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.